> Philippians. I recommend this letter if you want to get a feel for Paul the human being, BTW. It rambles and gives the air of a man who is walking around and around a small room or exercise yard to help himself think while his scribe jots down what he's saying. There are lots of personal notes to friends and fellow workers. Also it keeps on trying to end and failing. Seriously, the first time "Finally, brethren," appears is in the middle of the letter.
From the comments at Slacktivist. (Bottom of the first page of comments.)
> "You know, the guy I'm sending this letter with is looking peaked because he worked until he was sick making sure I had what I needed while I was stuck here in prison because SOMEbodies didn't send any care packages, hint hint," but at the end of the letter he says, "Got your care package, thanks so much," which suggests to me that he was dictating the letter over a period of time and didn't realize that a care package was in fact on its way.
The Bible is probably one of the most historically significant books for the Western civilization, so it should be a worthwhile read for many a literature geek.
In which order should it be read, then? Cover-to-cover is hardly a good order, as the New Testament is more significant for western cul...
@Caleb I'm willing to edit it if @dancek doesn't come along and let us know what his criteria were. I hadn't thought much about the question coming from lit.SE.
@JonEricson I'd be inclined to edit to match the current batch of answers so we can STOP getting new answers and then if he or anyone else has other criteria, ask a new question.
On another topic, anybody interested in putting some community delete votes behind our complaints on this answer?
Saint John of Damascus’s Critique of Islam excerpt (Fountain of Knowledge book):
There is also the superstition of the Ishmaelites which to this day prevails and keeps people in error, being a forerunner of the Antichrist. They are descended from Ishmael, [who] was born to Abraham of Agar, an...
We've come down pretty regularly against answers that are straight quotes, even when referenced (see our ongoing J/W saga), I don't see anything in this one that should be an exception. The OP engaged us in discussion so we've put it off, but they haven't seen the issue yet. Do we want to allow answers that only answer via a quote and no original content?
The Upper Room
The Upper Room