Bible buying

[rebelraising]

So, I want to buy a Bible. There are many and various reasons for this, that I'll maybe go into another time- anyway, rest assured that I'm still the heathen you all know and love. No theism happening any time soon.

Anyway. So I went to see if I could get the cool little box-set book-by-book version off Amazon, because I can't find it in the shops anywhere, and I'm embarassed to ask for it (go figure). And, well. I'm enormously amused by what they've got in the "perfect partner" program with it.

Comments

Re: Also good...

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Technically? Because the Koran is, word-for-word, the revealed word of God, and the Bible isn't quite that- for example, it can be translated, wheras the Koran can't, because it would then cease to be the Koran. The Bible is sort of the interpreted word of God. (With the proviso that this is my heathen unbeliever take on it.)

But, actually, if I can think of a thing worth putting there, I really will...

Re: Also good...

[burgundy.livejournal.com]

Unless you're a very observant Jew, in which case the Bible (by which I mean our Bible, not this newfangled Jesus stuff) is the literal word of God. No translation hang-ups though.

I would love to see someone submit author's comments. Really. What a great idea.

Re: Also good...

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Thanks. More information is good information. And, heh.