Poll: Five Most Important Books Of The Bible

In My Humble Opinion
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Yeah, from a Jewish POV this is pretty much a no-brainer. My second tier would be Psalms, Job, Isiaiah, Ecclesiastes, and…oh heck, let’s say Ezekiel.

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Top 5 influences on Western literature:

  1. Genesis
  2. Job
  3. Isaiah
  4. Psalms
  5. Ecclesiastes
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Genesis – First in the OT
Malachi – Last in the OT

Matthew – First in the NT
Revelation – Last in the NT

Psalms – Middle of the Bible (KJV) (If you open it at the halfway point)

Take these away and you’d have a whole new group.

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Depends who you are.

If you’re me:
Genesis (only because you have to know this stuff)
Job
Ecclesiastes
Psalms
Mark (see Genesis)

If you’re a Jew (any flavor)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
(even though 3 and 4 are mostly astoundingly irrelevant).

If you’re an Evangelical Christian:
John
Revelation
Romans
Genesis
and an NT wildcard of your choice.

25

Genesis
Psalms
Luke
Romans
Galatians

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The one where Scooby Doo wears that Egyptian outfit to infiltrate the bad guys.

27

Clarification-by important, I mean important to you personally.

28

Well, that’s a whole different kettle of fish:

John
James
Romans
1st and 2nd Corinthians (cheating, I know)
Acts

29

Oh.

Then [ol][li]Matthew[]Luke[]Mark[]Ecclesiastes[]Genesis[/ol][/li]
In my previous, there was a two-way tie for fifth. :wink:

Regards,
Shodan

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I don’t think we’ll accept The New Hanna-Barbera(Revised) edition as canon.

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  1. Exodus
  2. Psalms
  3. Ruth
  4. Ecclesiastes
  5. Luke
32

  1. Exodus- I believe it lays the entire foundation for the overarching Biblical narrative (both Hebrew Bible and New Testament) of liberation.

  2. Mark- the oldest Gospel we have, and what Matthew and Luke partly based their Gospels on.

  3. The Minor Prophets (really twelve books for Christians, but I believe that in the Jewish canon they’re all lumped under one book)- the recurring theme of social and economic justice is very much a cornerstone for my faith.

  4. 1 Corinthians- the argument for equitable distribution of food during the Lord’s supper, the passing mentions of women as church leaders and preachers, the passage on love- this book is beautiful!

  5. Genesis- just because there are a lot of familiar stories, and it’s just interesting to read.

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Why does Luke rank below Ruth & Ecclesiastes? Below PSALMS, for that matter?

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  1. Job - The book that asks THE question; Why do bad things happen to good people. It doesn’t give a satisfying answer, but it brings the question up for discussion.
  2. Exodus
  3. Genesis - These two books have some of the best stories ever told. So what if they’re all fictional (or at least 95% so) That doesn’t mean that they don’t contain Truth, or that we cant’ learn from them.
  4. Psalms - An all purpose prayer book
  5. Matthew - Not a Christian myself, but no thinking person can argue that Jesus wasn’t important, and Matthew tells the story best to my taste.
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I think it depends on why we are listing them.
just my favorites are

  1. Gospel of John
  2. Romans
    3: Genesis
    4.Acts
    5.Psalms

However if you think in being a Christian I would Say
1.Gospel of John
2. Romans
3. Acts
4. 1John
5. James (the proverbs of the New Covenant)

Troy “FireSpeaks” Pearsall