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The Bible is excellent to actually read and study academically. Most people, Judeo-Christian or no, assume they know what’s in it so they don’t actually read it. Even if you’re non-religious reading it is worth your time just for insight into how ancient peoples viewed their history.
The endless genealogies were the most boring part. What book in the OT is mostly just genealogies? Ruth or something? No, Ruth was the super short one. Either way, I couldn’t. I had to skip it.
Don't forget the very thorough explanations of how to build a tabernacle or what have you, and then it saying that "they proceeded to build a tabernacle" and rattle off the instructions again. A lot of the Bible is saying something super wordy and then repeating it exactly and adding on "and so they did that" as like, filler.
Makes you wonder if God was writing the Bible for a school project and had trouble hitting the minimum word count. 😉
Yeah Near Eastern texts in general are kinda like that. It’s one of the quirks you learn to enjoy if it doesn’t drive you insane.
The genealogies can also be interesting.
I always get a chuckle out of how the genealogies of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke contradict each other as soon as it gets to Joseph's father lol.
Ah yes good old Genesis chapter 5:Â https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=20078
Chronicles has a lot of that as well
Chronicles has a lot of that.
Yes! That’s the one.