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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by rramadass on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:12AM (#30740551)
The "only thing" worth reading from the The Bible are the "Wisdom Books". Robert Alter's translation The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary is pretty good.
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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by kcartlidge on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:54PM (#30746017)
> The "only thing" worth reading from the The Bible are the "Wisdom Books"

From the perspective of Wisdom you're probably right.

From the perspective of the modern Christian Faith I'd include the complete New Testament. From the perspective of historical reference (I know archaeological opinions vary) include the Old Testament too.

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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by CitrusFruits on Sunday March 20, 2022 @12:29PM (#30744069)
I mean if you like those you'd probably like Jesus's sermon on the mount.
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