Not in one sitting. But at least two or three times (the Jerusalem Bible). I have used this for study purposes (Masters Theol). I absolutely love Scripture as a whole but love OT. The NT is glory is words. Jesus in Word.
The average evangelical is shockingly poorly read in Scripture, aside from St Paul’s Epistles and a few selected parts of the Gospels. I tried discussing the Old Testament with an evangelical Theology graduate and he said he didn’t know much of it. I’d read more of the Bible books within 3 months of becoming Christian than most of the evangelicals I know and had read it cover to cover within 6, though that doesn’t mean that the average Catholic is any different (and in fact probably worse, with the exception of the Gospels) and I do know some evangelicals that know the Bible impressively well (and some Catholics). Though in all fairness I don’t read the Bible as consistently as evangelicals, who tend to read maybe a chapter a day, whereas I probably read 10 chapters each on two days a week on average, though go through phases of reading it more and less and maybe the little but often is better.
I think it sounds impressive when a fundamentalist quotes chapter and verse, like, “Romans 3:23 says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Their citation of chapter and verse numbers makes us jump to the conclusion that they’ve memorized huge chunks of Scripture, when in fact it may be only 10 or 12 verses. Verses outside their worldview don’t get memorized — just think about that poster here who said that holy water was “unbiblical,” even though “holy water” is mentioned by name in Numbers 5:17. I feel certain there isn’t a fundamentalist pastor anywhere on earth telling his congregation to memorize Numbers 5:17 … or John 20:23 …
That is SO COOL!!!
Nothing like the first 9 chapters of 1 Chronicles thoughThat is SO COOL!!!
And the fact that you’ve read it already means that you could help her put the picture together as you read it.
BTW, I take it Leviticus was a “testament in patience” for her?
I think in reality, evangelicals “talk about” reading the bible a lot more than they do, and really, very few percentage-wise actually do read it every day. Or maybe they’ll read the verse on their calendar page and call it good. That was my experience as an evangelical. While I did read my bible on most days, only a handful of my friends from Church did, on a consistent basis over time. If I was in a bible study, usually all the folks in the bible study read every day. But on a given Sunday, I don’t think more than a third read their bibles consistently during the week.
no i’m not because i HAVE heard priests give homilies on things other than the scripture for the day. that’s great that your experience is different than mine, but my experience is not mistaken.
well, i will stick with the poll data on the subject that protestants read the bible more than catholics read it. that the average protestant is more versed in the bible than the average catholic.
Deacon Ed, have you ever noticed that each time you read the Bible, there’s something there that wasn’t there before? I’m always finding something new that I missed the last trip through.
Every time I have read it. I guess each time we read it, depending where we are on our spiritual journey, we absorb something different, something we are needing. But, yes, each time, I get something different. I even find thoughts resurfacing that I in my weak humanness forgot.
So do I. I have at least 8 different translations. I also have a parallel bible that shows 4 different translations in columns, side by side, so we can compare the different translations to get a fuller meaning. I do find it very helpful.
I believe Barclay was Presbyterian. I know he was amillenialist in his Revelation commentary.
I have read it all the way through 5 times so far, and I am working on 6 now.
