This one was big in size compared to some others I've read, but the text flowed good. Of NT: Mark, Luke, Hebrews, Revelation (Apocalypse)Įach Bible is its own experience, some give more, some less, but it's always interesting. Of OT: Ruth, Tobit, Judith, Esther (the one without addings though), Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song Of Solomon, Jeremiah, Lamentations I would've liked to know more about other apostles beyond what is shown in Acts, but since Luke was such a follower of Paul, we get what we get, which holds still good information though. And I increasingly feel critical towards Paul about some of his opinions (maybe later very early addings but still), and think there might've been some remaining Phariseeisms in there. In NT I realised there was the untold tale of Peter meeting Jesus alone, after Jesus r0se from his death and met women, but before the disciples as a group (Paul knew about this, and also about James's later alone meeting of Jesus - but he doesn't mention women seeing Jesus first).
There was a lot of previously-overlooked things I found, and that was great. And of course there are doubled stories: Adam's creation, Daniel in lions' den. I thought about what Job wasn't mentioned to have lost: his house, his lands, his non-children relatives. There's "Ben-Hur" in 1.Kings 4:8 (thinking of that book, which was a dnf for me). The name lists still feel long in OT, but I can find some names funny (Muppim and Huppim strike again!). The pages were bigger than on other Bible I've read, so I got more to read with daily 5-page reading. Like with other Bible read-throughs, each time brings some new realizations (like the fact Adam & Eve didn't get the chance to taste the fruit (if there was any) of the Tree Of Life - which would've given them immortality).
Some notes throughout, standard middle-of-the-road Catholic opinions. In OT each book has a small introduction. Unlike some other Catholic Bibles I've read, this one doesn't have Prayer Of Manasseh. RSV, second Catholic Edition, with a 1966 introduction and a bunch of maps at the end.
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