Hey! I’m looking for a book or a guide that can help me while reading the Bible purely from an analytical and educational standpoint. I don’t want anything that is overly religious because I am reading the Bible just to know the ins and outs of the Bible not so that I can turn Christian or be saved. Any recs?
by Dependent_Bowl1581
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Bart Ehrman has plenty of books on the bible from an academic perspective. I started with *Jesus Interrupted*. In it, he mentions
> A very useful tool for students of the Bible is a Bible Synopsis, in which the stories of the Gospels are literally placed in parallel columns next to each other, for easy comparison… One of the most popular is edited by Kurt Aland, *Synopsis of the Four Gospels, 2006*
The History of the bible by John Barton
Haven’t read it yet but it’s seems interesting ideas assuming there’s any evidence of truth