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What's your favourite book in the OT?

Rival

Rival

se Dex me saut.
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In Judaism and Noahidism we call it Tanach. My favourite book is Genesis, though I also really love all of the Prophets so much I couldn't choose just one.
 
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pearl

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Since they all have a unique part in the whole its difficult to choose just one. But as far as the importance of a book I would say it is Exodus, all others are rooted in it, including the NT.
 
Vee

Vee

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I can't pick just one, please let me mention 3:

Psalms for the poetry
Proverbs for the wisdom
Daniel for the prophecies
 
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Unveiled Artist

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gottalovemoses said:
Not Leviticus I'll bet.
I like Exodus but of course Isaiah is so important too.
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It's a toss up between Hebrews and Galatians. Hebrews because it gave me more a concrete understanding of what these christians mean by faith. Galatians because that's how I went into the Church is because of the Galatians verse I saw downtown from me. After coming from work, in the DC area there are a lot of homeless. One guy was holding a cardboard sign and instead of saying "spare change" and things I'm accustomed to seeing, he wrote:

"I have been crucified in Christ. I no longer live, I. but for the son of god, who loved me and gave himself up for me." Galatians 2:20

My whole time hearing people say "christ died for me" according to this verse, I translated it as "I died in christ." So christ couldn't have done anything for me over 2,000 years ago unless I place myself in a sacrifice to god by giving myself up in his passion which had then became mine as well (aka: take up your cross).

Outside of that, Ess, was mentioned. Proverbs.

The beginning of Genesis was good. Near end it bothered me. Leviticus and part of exodus was a struggle. I got up to Joshua. Never finished it. If I read Joshua to the beginning of the New, I would have read the whole bible twice.
 
Rival

Rival

se Dex me saut.
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Carlita said:
Shrugs. I did say the beginning of Genesis. Anything that's not NT, I consider OT. That's how it's separated in the bible. If you're talking about the Torah, then that's more specific.
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Galatians and Hebrew are in the NT.
 
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