{"id":1481,"date":"2012-11-12T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinpur.de\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:25:56","slug":"the-bible-from-start-to-finish-once-in-chronological-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/die-bibel-von-vorne-bis-hinten-einmal-durch-chronologisch\/","title":{"rendered":"Read the Bible from beginning to end - chronologically"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the things I\u2019d like to do during the sabbatical ahead of me \u2013 alongside resting, reflecting and spending time with loved ones \u2013 is to read through the Bible once. Not from cover to cover, page by page, but from start to finish in chronological order.<\/p>\n

The Bible is partly organised by genre \u2013 for example, Job, the Psalms and Proverbs \u2013 partly by theme \u2013 for example, all the Prophets \u2013 and partly by length. In ancient libraries, scrolls were organised by size. This is still done to some extent today. On my bookshelf, I have a section for illustrated books and one for photo albums, because they are, of course, larger than most other books.<\/p>\n

This arrangement has, for example, meant that the texts of the prophets are separated from the historical books that describe the events to which their prophecies refer. Or that Paul\u2019s epistles are arranged in order of length, even though, for example, the Epistle to the Romans was written much later than the Epistle to the Galatians. Unfortunately, the ancient order has been retained to this day. And that sometimes doesn\u2019t make much sense. Who, for instance, would arrange the letters from a loved one in order of length? It makes far more sense to arrange them chronologically in order to trace the development of their thoughts, recognise parallels in contemporary themes, and so on.<\/p>\n

Wisely, researchers have set about bringing some order to the whole thing and developing an (approximate) chronological order for the biblical texts. These can be found, for example, online at YouVersion<\/a> (first click on \u201eEnglish\u201e, then enter \u201cChronological\u2019 as a keyword) \u2013 you can tick them off as you go along once you\u2019ve read the chapters. Or you can also use it to Print<\/a>. And, of course, as a smartphone app. Personally, I\u2019m really looking forward to trying it out.<\/p>\n

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Eines der Dinge, die ich in der vor mir liegenden Sabbatzeit neben Erholung, Reflexion und Zeit mit lieben Menschen machen m\u00f6chte, ist die Bibel einmal durchlesen. 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