I Am Trying To Read The Whole Bible. Has Anyone Else Tried This?

[Starets]

I have read the Bible through a few times over the years. I am currently oin a reading schedule that takes me through the entire Bible in 3 years. I am currently on Isaiah. The guidebook I use is [url="http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Bible-Every-Day/dp/0892833998/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268077442&sr=1-1"]How to Read the Bible Every Day: A Guide for Catholics[/url]. It has a 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year plan for Bible reading.

[Cherie]

[quote name='Staretz' date='08 March 2010 - 03:47 PM' timestamp='1268077655' post='2068983']
I have read the Bible through a few times over the years. I am currently oin a reading schedule that takes me through the entire Bible in 3 years. I am currently on Isaiah. The guidebook I use is [url="http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Bible-Every-Day/dp/0892833998/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268077442&sr=1-1"]How to Read the Bible Every Day: A Guide for Catholics[/url]. It has a 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year plan for Bible reading.
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That's the one the Sister Servants carry in the bookstore. Great to have! Glad you linked to it, I couldn't find it on Amazon

[Lil Red]

+JMJ+
i would also like to say that this Bible reading is opening up more questions i didn't know i had, more than it is answering previously held questions. (hence my more frequent posting on the Q&A Board)

[kamiller42]

You need a reading plan to enjoy the Bible. Reading cover to cover isn't best. I am in the final year of a 4 year Bible study program at the University of Dallas. You can take it online or in person. Each week comes with reading assignments as well as scholarly sources. The teacher makes a presentation, viewable online of course. You answer discussion questions and complete a weekly homework assignment.

You get university level instruction for a fraction of the cost. (It's not accredited hours.) It's not cheap, but worth it. The course is great because you get into the who, what, when, and why of things. Knowing Jewish history is critical to understanding the OT.

http://www.udallas.edu/academics/ministry/cbs
http://www.udallas.edu/academics/ministry/cbs/onlinebiblicalschool

[King's Rook's Pawn]

Thanks for all the good advice, everyone. Right now I'm just reading it straight through. Haven't heard about those plans. Luckily, I'm a pretty good reader.

[King's Rook's Pawn]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='06 March 2010 - 11:45 PM' timestamp='1267937149' post='2067808']
Marie the New English Bible is even a better read than Douay, I call it the Shakespeare of translations , its just that good.
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It seems like a very nice sounding translation, but is it compatible with Catholicism? It seems to be a Protestant translation.

[Winchester]

No one else has ever tried this. You are the first.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='kamiller42' date='09 March 2010 - 12:06 AM' timestamp='1268093214' post='2069166']
You need a reading plan to enjoy the Bible. Reading cover to cover isn't best. I am in the final year of a 4 year Bible study program at the University of Dallas. You can take it online or in person. Each week comes with reading assignments as well as scholarly sources. The teacher makes a presentation, viewable online of course. You answer discussion questions and complete a weekly homework assignment.

You get university level instruction for a fraction of the cost. (It's not accredited hours.) It's not cheap, but worth it. The course is great because you get into the who, what, when, and why of things. Knowing Jewish history is critical to understanding the OT.

http://www.udallas.edu/academics/ministry/cbs
http://www.udallas.edu/academics/ministry/cbs/onlinebiblicalschool
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Sounds very interesting.

[sacredheartandbloodofjesus]

[u][color="#FF0000"]Douay Rheims[/color][/u]

[b]John Ch. 2[/b]

1 And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. 4 And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. 6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. 7 Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. 9 And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, 10 And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee; and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.



[b]4Kings Ch.4[/b]

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him. 2 And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me to do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I thy handmaid have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me. 3 And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few. 4 And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full take them away. 5 So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in.

6 And when the vessels were full, she said to her son: Bring me yet a vessel. And he answered: I have no more. And the oil stood. 7 And she came, and told the man of God. And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor: and thou and thy sons live of the rest.


[color="#0000FF"]New American Bible[/color]

[b]John Ch. 2[/b]

1
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
3
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
4
(And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come."
5
His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you."
6
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons.
7
Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.
8
Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it.
9
And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom
10
and said to him, "Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now."
11
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.


[b]2Kings(same as 4Kings in douay rheims) Ch. 4 [/b]1 A certain woman, the widow of one of the guild prophets, complained to Elisha: "My husband, your servant, is dead. You know that he was a God-fearing man, yet now his creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves."
2
"How can I help you?" Elisha answered her. "Tell me what you have in the house." "This servant of yours has nothing in the house but a jug of oil," she replied.
3
"Go out," he said, "borrow vessels from all your neighbors--as many empty vessels as you can.
4
Then come back and close the door on yourself and your children; pour the oil into all the vessels, and as each is filled, set it aside."
5
She went and did so, closing the door on herself and her children. As they handed her the vessels, she would pour in oil.
6
When all the vessels were filled, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." "There is none left," he answered her. And then the oil stopped.
7
She went and told the man of God, who said, "Go and sell the oil to pay off your creditor; with what remains, you and your children can live."



[color="#008000"]Notice how one would've missed this typology concerning Mary if they only read the New American Bible.[/color]

[Ed Normile]

I read the whole bible years ago, the parts like schmoe begat schmiel were mind numbing and made me feel like pulling my eyes out, but I got through it.

ed

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Deb' date='07 March 2010 - 03:11 PM' timestamp='1267992700' post='2068176']
It is hard to read the bible from start to finish. The best way to read it, is chronologically. Read first the books that give the history of God's involvement with man, and then go back and fill in each time period with the books that correspond to it.
The first to read in order are: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, Ezra, Nemehia, I Maccabees, Luke and Acts.
You will find that reading those first give you the ultimate basis for reading and studying the bible as a whole. Plus, it is such an exciting story. It makes the bible come alive!
If you want a list of the books that correspond to each of the above books. let me know and I will post it. Check out [url="http://www.thebibletimeline.com"]www.thebibletimeline.com[/url]. This is The Great Adventure, put together by Jeff Cavins. Jeff developed this and he also has put out probably the best bible study aids for Catholics that have ever existed. I have listened to his Catholicism 101 and Acts and they both blew me away. I have his study guides for James and Psalms, but have not yet gotten to them. His materials have bible studies now in parishes across the country and the world. The bible timeline is definitely the place to start.

I unfortunately, have not finished the bible, but I am working on it. The point is to not just read it as an accomplishment, but to meditate upon it as you go. Can't be done quickly, but, if done with prayer and desire, it will be done. God bless!
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This was what I was going to suggest.