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Chuck Rightmire · 08-07-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Reluctant Cannibal

Ecclesiastes for the win.

You are so right.

I. C. Unicorns · 08-07-2007, 11:25 PM

I like Song of Solomon, because it talks about boobies.

08-08-2007, 01:39 AM

I like the Song of Solomon because it compares sexy girls to goats.

Chidori · 08-08-2007, 01:41 AM

Song of Solomon and the Psalms.

Godless Dave · 08-08-2007, 01:41 AM

Revelation, because I'm a heavy metal fan. Iron Maiden's song "The Number of the Beast" is what got me to read the book on New Testament criticism my grandmother had given me when I was a teenager.

08-08-2007, 01:47 AM

Yonks ago some punk rock band released an album titled "668, Neighbour of the Beast".

Ray Moscow · 08-08-2007, 02:16 AM

I mostly read the canonical gospels, so I suppose they are my "favourites".

Ray

mit · 08-08-2007, 02:26 AM

Acts

Dean Anderson · 08-08-2007, 03:20 AM

When I was a Christian, my favourite used to be Revelation. I spent ages reading and re-reading that, wondering at how it was all going to play out and wondering who the "Beast" would be.

More recently, I have a soft spot for Job, because having to lead a Bible study on it was instrumental in my deconversion.

But I think my favourite book is probably Genesis. It has so many great stories in it, and it is fascinating to see how the different authors told those stories (and see how their version differ from the Sumerian and Babylonian tales).

JEST2ASK · 08-08-2007, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SAWells

Book of Judith for kick-ass action-movie quality. Seriously, it reads like a screenplay, you could film it! Bad guys are besieging the city, disaster threatens, and Judith, a clever and beautiful widow, infiltrates the enemy camp, seduces the enemy general, gets him passing-out drunk, decapitates him with his own sword and escapes with the head, leading to total morale collapse of besieging army. No divine intervention even. It's sort of like Aeon Flux for the Iron Age.

Not complete books but from Judges the "Song" of Deborah and the story of Jael the wife of Heber who kills Sisera under similar circumstances (Chapter 4 : 11 - 24)

OT books Proverbs & Ecclestastes with honorable mention to Ruth; NT books James and portions of I-Corinthians 12 & 13 but genereally the NT pales when compared to the poetry, drama , epic scope, philosophical questioning of the OT.

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08-07-2007, 11:25 PM	#22
I. C. Unicorns Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San José, Calif. Posts: 2,796	I like Song of Solomon, because it talks about boobies.

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mung bean Guest Posts: n/a	I like the Song of Solomon because it compares sexy girls to goats.

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Chidori Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ♥ Posts: 714	Song of Solomon and the Psalms.

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Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	Revelation, because I'm a heavy metal fan. Iron Maiden's song "The Number of the Beast" is what got me to read the book on New Testament criticism my grandmother had given me when I was a teenager.

08-08-2007, 01:47 AM	#26
mung bean Guest Posts: n/a	Yonks ago some punk rock band released an album titled "668, Neighbour of the Beast".

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Ray Moscow Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 1,255	I mostly read the canonical gospels, so I suppose they are my "favourites". Ray

08-08-2007, 02:26 AM	#28
mit Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 46	Acts

08-08-2007, 03:20 AM	#29
Dean Anderson Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 6,947	When I was a Christian, my favourite used to be Revelation. I spent ages reading and re-reading that, wondering at how it was all going to play out and wondering who the "Beast" would be. More recently, I have a soft spot for Job, because having to lead a Bible study on it was instrumental in my deconversion. But I think my favourite book is probably Genesis. It has so many great stories in it, and it is fascinating to see how the different authors told those stories (and see how their version differ from the Sumerian and Babylonian tales).

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