What Book of the Bible is most under-read, and why?

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I would have to say Ecclesiastes, which is one of my favorites. It’s depressing to people, whether Jewish or Christian, and it causes people to see just how much this world contains vanity. It’s ironic that many people would want to live in this world through eternity, caring nothing about the Heavenly Kingdom. I have yet to hear a single homily quote from this book.
 
I don’t think we hear much from Numbers. I’ve heard on good authority that even theologins struggle to read it.
 
I’d say Maccabees, simply because it’s not in many Bibles.
 
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I would have to say Ecclesiastes, which is one of my favorites.
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… And yet the 34 verses from Ecclesiastes that are included in the current Lectionary (Sundays and weekdays) amount to 15 percent of the total 222 verses in the book. This is slightly above the average for the OT as a whole (not counting the Psalms): out of the total 25,044 verses, 3,378 are in the Lectionary, which works out at 13.5 percent. The statistics are from Fr. Felix Just’s website:

http://catholic-resources.org/Lectionary/Statistics.htm
 
Maybe Judges. I really like the story of Samson and all we really get to hear about is his birth.
 
All the deuterocanonicals, since they aren’t in Protestant Bibles.
 
Amazing book. If you haven’t read it, it’s a must-read, especially for men…
 
Of the Gospels, Matthew and John are my favorite.

Luke, I have problems with.

Of the Old Testament, the book of Wisdom, but also the Psalms as used in the Liturgy of the Hours.

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It’s the story of the Greek conquest of Israel, and the subsequent civil war between the Maccabee family lead by their father, the high priest of the Temple, ending with the retaking of the Temple by the Jews and the miracle that lead to hannukah.

I say for men because it’s a very millitaristic book…

Not trying to be sexist or anything
 
Under-read? I don’t think so, it has been labeled a favourite by people in the past, it was quoted by Abe Lincoln. And the famous phrase “under the sun” comes from here. I would maybe say Sirach is the most under-read, but maybe it’s only because no one includes it in the Bible except Catholics
 
I know it, but thank you 🙂
Well, I liked it too. But I often see that people leave the old testament a bit apart because of the…not so fluffy-puffy scenes. Interstingly, it were the books of the old testament that made me most trouble, but also lead me to faith.
 
I think its the deuterocanonical books (probably 1 and 2 Mac), the most unread.

Even more interesting is all the discussion about how it is so important to only read a “Catholic Bible”, and it is the Deuterocanonical Books that most Catholics have either not read or show so little knowledge of (with the exception of many here).

All the hang ups on the “Catholic Bible” and “Protestant Bible” seem to actually be concerned with interpretation (and footnotes) then the actual textual translation.

Go figure!
 
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Book of Judith - main reason not all versions of the OT contain it. Other reason may be the scary facts in it - how she tricks Nabukadnetzar of being a real god and thus enticing God’s wrath on him. I remember someone in my family once said this story haunted her a lot, she found God’s punishment too harsh (he went insane). Also what about Judith’s example? Did she do something right or wrong? Because she knew what she was doing and that God would get mad at that man who would try to stand in His place.
 
It’s a very intriguing book tbh. I don’t hear catholics talking about it too.
 
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