>be me
>order Norton Critical edition of KJV
>2000+ worth text, criticisms, backgrounds, excerpts from other spiritual texts, references and endnotes, etc etc etc
>actual text: typically 30% text, 70% footnotes
>pic related
>takes me 3 days to read 30 pages because footnotes provide so much insight, have to go back and forth for reference
This is gonna be a wild fucking ride.
>>10018919
Harry Potter is my preferred fiction
Have you read the bible before?
Honestly, read the KJV then learn greek and hebrew
that'd have a more impact
>>10018955
That would be my plan, but since I'm in my late 20s, I don't feel as if I'll be able to learn another language, let alone two.
And no, I grew up baptist, so naturally I never read the Bible.
>>10018919
The bible is shit, if you want to read footnotes read IJ, not that hate-inducing garbage.
>>10019683
Uh oh, it seems we have a special edgy snowflake
>>10018976
>I grew up baptist, so naturally I never read the Bible.
Lmao
>>10018955
I feel like the KJV prose might be better than the greek
>>10019770
troled HARD lamo
>>10018976
>And no, I grew up baptist, so naturally I never read the Bible.
What is the point of Protestantism if there isn't even an emphasis on the personal faith through scripture?
>>10019789
I'm being ironic. Baptists are the most ignorant of denominations, at least to my knowledge.