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Reading the Bible as Literature Event



Getting a bit of a late start on this one, but I wasn't sure I wanted to do this one even though it sounded interesting.  I didn't know if I could read the Bible as just a work of literature, but I'm going to try.

I chose a chronological reading of the Bible.

Jan 1: Gen 1-3
Jan 2: Gen 4-7
Jan 3: Gen 8-11
Jan 4: Job 1-5
Jan 5: Job 6-9
Jan 6: Job 10-13
Jan 7: Job 14-16
Jan 8: Job 17-20
Jan 9: Job 21-23
Jan 10: Job 24-28
Jan 11: Job 29-31
Jan 12: Job 32-34
Jan 13: Job 35-37
Jan 14: Job 38-39
Jan 15: Job 40-42
Jan 16: Gen 12-15
Jan 17: Gen 16-18
Jan 18: Gen 19-21
Jan 19: Gen 22-24
Jan 20: Gen 25-26
Jan 21: Gen 27-29
Jan 22: Gen 30-31
Jan 23: Gen 32-34
Jan 24: Gen 35-37
Jan 25: Gen 38-40
Jan 26: Gen 41-42
Jan 27: Gen 43-45
Jan 28: Gen 46-47
Jan 29: Gen 48-50
Jan 30: Ex 1-3
Jan 31: Ex 4-6
Feb 1: Ex 7-9
Feb 2: Ex 10-12
Feb 3: Ex 13-15
Feb 4: Ex 16-18
Feb 5: Ex 19-21
Feb 6: Ex 22-24
Feb 7: Ex 25-27
Feb 8: Ex 28-29
Feb 9: Ex 30-32
Feb 10: Ex 33-35
Feb 11: Ex 36-38
Feb 12: Ex 39-40
Feb 13: Lev 1-4
Feb 14: Lev 5-7
Feb 15: Lev 8-10
Feb 16: Lev 11-13
Feb 17: Lev 14-15
Feb 18: Lev 16-18
Feb 19: Lev 19-21
Feb 20: Lev 22-23
Feb 21: Lev 24-25
Feb 22: Lev 26-27
Feb 23: Num 1-2
Feb 24: Num 3-4
Feb 25: Num 5-6
Feb 26: Num 7
Feb 27: Num 8-10
Feb 28: Num 11-13
Mar 1: Num 14-15; Ps 90
Mar 2: Num 16-17
Mar 3: Num 18-20
Mar 4: Num 21-22
Mar 5: Num 23-25
Mar 6: Num 26-27
Mar 7: Num 28-30
Mar 8: Num 31-32
Mar 9: Num 33-34
Mar 10: Num 35-36
Mar 11: Deut 1-2
Mar 12: Deut 3-4
Mar 13: Deut 5-7
Mar 14: Deut 8-10
Mar 15: Deut 11-13
Mar 16: Deut 14-16
Mar 17: Deut 17-20
Mar 18: Deut 21-23
Mar 19: Deut 24-27
Mar 20: Deut 28-29
Mar 21: Deut 30-31
Mar 22: Deut 32-34; Ps 91
Mar 23: Josh 1-4
Mar 24: Josh 5-8
Mar 25: Josh 9-11
Mar 26: Josh 12-15
Mar 27: Josh 16-18
Mar 28: Josh 19-21
Mar 29: Josh 22-24
Mar 30: Jud 1-2
Mar 31: Jud 3-5
Apr 1: Jud 6-7
Apr 2: Jud 8-9
Apr 3: Jud 10-12
Apr 4: Jud 13-15
Apr 5: Jud 16-18
Apr 6: Jud 19-21
Apr 7: Ruth
Apr 8: 1Sam 1-3
Apr 9: 1Sam 4-8
Apr 10: 1Sam 9-12
Apr 11: 1Sam 13-14
Apr 12: 1Sam 15-17
Apr 13: 1Sam 18-20; Ps 11/59
Apr 14: 1Sam 21-24
Apr 15: Ps 7/27/31/34/52
Apr 16: Ps 56/120/140-142
Apr 17: 1Sam 25-27
Apr 18: Ps 17/35/54/63
Apr 19: 1Sam 28-31; Ps18
Apr 20: Ps 121/123-125/128-130
Apr 21: 2Sam 1-4
Apr 22: Ps 6/8-10/14/16/19/21
Apr 23: 1Chron 1-2
Apr 24: Ps 43-45/49/84-85/87
Apr 25: 1Chron 3-5
Apr 26: Ps 73/77-78
Apr 27: 1Chron 6
Apr 28: Ps 81/88/92-93
Apr 29: 1Chron 7-10
Apr 30: Ps 102-104
May 1: 2Sam 5:1-10; 1Chron 11-12
May 2: Ps 133
May 3: Ps 106-107
May 4: 2Sam 5:11-6:23; 1Chron 13-16
May 5: Ps 1-2/15/22-24/47/68
May 6: Ps 89/96/100-101/105/132
May 7: 2Sam 7; 1Chron 17
May 8: Ps 25/29/33/36/39
May 9: 2Sam 8-9; 1Chron 18
May 10: Ps 50/53/60/75
May 11: 2Sam10; 1Chron 19; Ps 20
May 12: Ps 65-67/69-70
May 13: 2Sam 11-12; 1Chron 20
May 14: Ps 32/51/86/122
May 15: 2Sam 13-15
May 16: Ps 3-4/12-13/28/55
May 17: 2Sam 16-18
May 18: Ps 26/40/58/61-62/64
May 19: 2Sam 19-21
May 20: Ps 5/38/41-42
May 21: 2Sam 22-23; Ps 57
May 22: Ps 95/97-99
May 23: 2Sam 24; 1Chron 21-22; Ps 30
May 24: Ps 108-110
May 25: 1Chron 23-25
May 26: Ps 131/138-139/143-145
May 27: 1Chron 26-29; Ps 127
May 28: Ps 111-118
May 29: 1King 1-2; Ps 37/71/94
May 30: Ps 119:1-88
May 31: 1King 3-4; 2Chron 1; Ps 72
Jun 1: Ps 119:89-176
Jun 2: Solomon 1-8
Jun 3: Prov 1-3
Jun 4: Prov 4-6
Jun 5: Prov 7-9
Jun 6: Prov 10-12
Jun 7: Prov 13-15
Jun 8: Prov 16-18
Jun 9: Prov 19-21
Jun 10: Prov 22-24
Jun 11: 1King 5-6; 2Chron 2-3
Jun 12: 1King 7; 2Chron 4
Jun 13: 1King 8; 2Chron 5
Jun 14: 2Chron 6-7; Ps 136
Jun 15: Ps 134/146-150
Jun 16: 1King 9; 2Chron 8
Jun 17: Prov 25-26
Jun 18: Prov 27-29
Jun 19: Ecc 1-6
Jun 20: Ecc 7-12
Jun 21: 1King 10-11; 2Chron 9
Jun 22: Prov 30-31
Jun 23: 1King 12-14
Jun 24: 2Chron 10-12
Jun 25: 1King 15:1-24; 2Chron 13-16
Jun 26: 1King 15:25-16:34; 2Chron 17
Jun 27: 1King 17-19
Jun 28: 1King 20-21
Jun 29: 1King 22; 2Chron 18
Jun 30: 2Chron 19-23
Jul 1: Oba; Ps 82-83
Jul 2: 2King 1-4
Jul 3: 2King 5-8
Jul 4: 2King 9-11
Jul 5: 2King 12-13; 2Chron 24
Jul 6: 2King 14; 2Chron 25
Jul 7: Jonah
Jul 8: 2King 15; 2Chron 26
Jul 9: Is 1-4
Jul 10: Is 5-8
Jul 11: Amos 1-5
Jul 12: Amos 6-9
Jul 13: 2Chron 27; Is 9-12
Jul 14: Micah 1-7
Jul 15: 2Chron 28; 2King 16-17
Jul 16: Is 13-17
Jul 17: Is 18-22
Jul 18: Is 23-27
Jul 19: 2King 18:1-8; 2Chron 29-31; Ps 48
Jul 20: Hos 1-7
Jul 21: Hos 8-14
Jul 22: Is 28-30
Jul 23: Is 31-34
Jul 24: Is 35-36
Jul 25: Is 37-39; Ps 76
Jul 26: Is 40-43
Jul 27: Is 44-48
Jul 28: 2King 18:9-19:37; Ps 46/80/135
Jul 29: Is 49-53
Jul 30: Is 54-58
Jul 31: Is 59-63
Aug 1: Is 64-66
Aug 2: 2King 20-21
Aug 3: 2Chron 32-33
Aug 4: Nahum 1-3
Aug 5: 2King 22-23; 2Chron 34-35
Aug 6: Zephaniah
Aug 7: Jer 1-3
Aug 8: Jer 4-6
Aug 9: Jer 7-9
Aug 10: Jer 10-13
Aug 11: Jer 14-17
Aug 12: Jer 18-22
Aug 13: Jer 23-25
Aug 14: Jer 26-29
Aug 15: Jer 30-31
Aug 16: Jer 32-34
Aug 17: Jer 35-37
Aug 18: Jer 38-40; Ps 74/79
Aug 19: 2King 24-25; 2Chron 36
Aug 20: Habakkuk
Aug 21: Jer 41-45
Aug 22: Jer 46-48
Aug 23: Jer 49-50
Aug 24: Jer 51-52
Aug 25: Lam 1:1-3:36
Aug 26: Lam 3:37-5:22
Aug 27: Ezek 1-4
Aug 28: Ezek 5-8
Aug 29: Ezek 9-12
Aug 30: Ezek 13-15
Aug 31: Ezek 16-17
Sep 1: Ezek 18-19
Sep 2: Ezek 20-21
Sep 3: Ezek 22-23
Sep 4: Ezek 24-27
Sep 5: Ezek 28-31
Sep 6: Ezek 32-34
Sep 7: Ezek 35-37
Sep 8: Ezek 38-39
Sep 9: Ezek 40-41
Sep 10: Ezek 42-43
Sep 11: Ezek 44-45
Sep 12: Ezek 46-48
Sep 13: Joel
Sep 14: Dan 1-3
Sep 15: Dan 4-6
Sep 16: Dan 7-9
Sep 17: Dan 10-12
Sep 18: Ezra 1-3
Sep 19: Ezra 4-6; Ps 137
Sep 20: Haggai 1-2
Sep 21: Zech 1-7
Sep 22: Zech 8-14
Sep 23: Est 1-5
Sep 24: Est 6-10
Sep 25: Ezra 7-10
Sep 26: Neh 1-5
Sep 27: Neh 6-7
Sep 28: Neh 8-10
Sep 29: Neh 11-13; Ps 126
Sep 30: Malachi 1-4
Oct 1: Luke 1; John 1:1-14
Oct 2: Matt 1; Luke 2:1-38
Oct 3: Matt 2; Luke 2:39-52
Oct 4: Matt 3; Mark 1; Luke 3
Oct 5: Matt 4; Luke 4-5; John 1:15-51
Oct 6: John 2-4
Oct 7: Mark 2
Oct 8: John 5
Oct 9: Matt 12:1-21; Mark 3; Luke 6
Oct 10: Matt 5-7
Oct 11: Matt 8:1-13; Luke 7
Oct 12: Matt 11
Oct 13: Matt 12:22-50
Oct 14: Matt 13; Luke 8
Oct 15: Matt 8:14-34; Mark 4-5
Oct 16: Matt 9-10
Oct 17: Matt 14; Mark 6; Luke 9:1-17
Oct 18: John 6
Oct 19: Matt 15; Mark 7
Oct 20: Matt 16; Mark 8; Luke 9:18-27
Oct 21: Matt 17; Mark 9; Luke 9:28-62
Oct 22: Matt 18
Oct 23: John 7-8
Oct 24: John 9:1-10:21
Oct 25: Luke 10-11; John 10:22-42
Oct 26: Luke 12-13
Oct 27: Luke 14-15
Oct 28: Luke 16-17:10
Oct 29: John 11
Oct 30: Luke 17:11-18:14
Oct 31: Matt 19; Mark 10
Nov 1: Matt 20-21
Nov 2: Luke 18:15-19:48
Nov 3: Mark 11; John 12
Nov 4: Matt 22; Mark 12
Nov 5: Matt 23; Luke 20-21
Nov 6: Mark 13
Nov 7: Matt 24
Nov 8: Matt 25
Nov 9: Matt 26; Mark 14
Nov 10: Luke 22; John 13
Nov 11: John 14-17
Nov 12: Matt 27; Mark 15
Nov 13: Luke 23; John 18-19
Nov 14: Matt 28; Mark 16
Nov 15: Luke 24; John 20-21
Nov 16: Acts 1-3
Nov 17: Acts 4-6
Nov 18: Acts 7-8
Nov 19: Acts 9-10
Nov 20: Acts 11-12
Nov 21: Acts 13-14
Nov 22: James 1-5
Nov 23: Acts 15-16
Nov 24: Gal 1-3
Nov 25: Gal 4-6
Nov 26: Acts 17-18:18
Nov 27: 1/2Thess
Nov 28: Acts 18:19-19:41
Nov 29: 1Cor 1-4
Nov 30: 1Cor 5-8
Dec 1: 1Cor 9-11
Dec 2: 1Cor 12-14
Dec 3: 1Cor 15-16
Dec 4: 2Cor 1-4
Dec 5: 2Cor 5-9
Dec 6: 2Cor 10-13
Dec 7: Acts 20:1-3; Rom 1-3
Dec 8: Rom 4-7
Dec 9: Rom 8-10
Dec 10: Rom 11-13
Dec 11: Rom 14-16
Dec 12: Acts 20:4-23:35
Dec 13: Acts 24-26
Dec 14: Acts 27-28
Dec 15: Colossians; Philemon
Dec 16: Ephesians
Dec 17: Philippians 1-4
Dec 18: 1 Timothy
Dec 19: Titus
Dec 20: 1 Peter
Dec 21: Heb 1-6
Dec 22: Heb 7-10
Dec 23: Heb 11-13
Dec 24: 2 Timothy
Dec 25: 2 Peter; Jude
Dec 26: 1 John
Dec 27: 2/3 John
Dec 28: Rev 1-5
Dec 29: Rev 6-11
Dec 30: Rev 12-18

Dec 31: Rev 19-22

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