What's your favourite book in the Bible?

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Mine is The Book of Tobit. It's all about a bloke called Tobit. Tobit is a great name. I think it features some woman in it, and this demon is in love with her. For no reason she keeps getting married to men but the demon kills them all on the wedding night in a fit of jealousy.

Then Tobit sorts out the demon. Tobit is cool.

― DV, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why do lots of people have names from the Bible, but you never meet anyone called Tobit?

― DV, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like Jeremiah, although parts of it are a bit too head-in-the- clouds optimistic and happy-clappy for me.

― dave q, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Song of Songs,Tobit,Judith,Wisdom,Ezikel,Habbukuk,revealtations.

― anthony, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why don't you find people called Tobit? Probably because Tobit is in the Apocrypha, which is considered not to be canonical by many Christian denominations.

Tobit is also the only person in the Bible to own a dog, although dogs are mentioned elsewhere.

Favourite book? That's a tricky one. I think it would have to be Genesis. There's so much there! The creation, Noah's flood, Jacob and Esau, Joseph....

― MarkH, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Revelation, though it's an obvious answer. Just for the freaky shit, and because The Omen (and The Omen III) roXoR.

― Mark C, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have never read the bible, apart from a bit of revelations, which had the same effect on me as Harry Potter - I put it down swiftly, shaking my head.

― chris, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My grandfather used to read from the children bible to me when I was about six. I loved it. Then I came to the conclusion there is no god and never opened the bible (except in Religion class)

― helenfordsdale, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why don't you find people called Tobit? Probably because Tobit is in the Apocrypha, which is considered not to be canonical by many Christian denominations.

This is just typical of Protestants. They claim to base every thing on the Bible, but then they pick and choose which bits of the Bible they are going to accept as genuine, removing anything like the Book of Tobit which contradicts their heresy.

I think all of the Bible apart from the Book of Tobit should be declared non-canonical. Hail Tobit.

― DV, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

actually, the debate about whether the Apocrypha was canonical or not started well before the Reformation.

― MarkH, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

there should br a Hobbit called Tobit!

― katie, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There's a tribute album to Tobin Sprout called "I, Tobot".

That's pretty tobitworthy combination in my book.

― Trevor, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tobit, the new superhero! The original Exorcist!

Song of Solomon shows that you *can* fool people. "Er, it's about Christ and his church. Um, yeah."

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

actually, the debate about whether the Apocrypha was canonical or not started well before the Reformation.

The one true Church has been battling heresy since its foundation.

Praise Tobit.

― DV, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Read it here. Odd that the first three chapters are in the first person and then it switches to the third person. First person narrative is rare in the Old Testament.

― MarkH, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hi All for sure there were many names mentioned in the Bible that aren't heard today, but there are some names that are timeless... such as Ruth Marion, Mary, Gomer, Samuel, Paul, Timothy, John, & Simon The Books I care for most are the books of psalms, & John 1 & 2.

― Gale Deslongchamps, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Job, cos God's a right old bastard in it.

― RickyT, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tobit is also the only person in the Bible to own a dog, although dogs are mentioned elsewhere.

in the parable of Lazarus& Dives, Mr Dives owns dogs and feeds them scraps from his table.

that's in one of the Gospels.

― DV, Sunday, 30 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Doesn't say he owns them.

― Graham, Sunday, 30 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ruby Wax is in The Omen II, as a secretary.

There is a fellow in the Bible called Uz.

― mark s, Sunday, 30 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Holy Bible I have(in very bad shape I must admit) is the King James Version.

― Gale Deslongchamps, Sunday, 30 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Graham - you scamp, I have misremembered the story. I didn't realise the dogs were nice friendly wild dogs helping poor Lazarus.

Mark, Uz you say? Are there any Trollkin in the Bible?

Gale, is it true that some Christians effectively believe the King James Bible to be the revealed word of God (rather than the Latin, Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts it's translated from)?

― DV, Sunday, 30 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

I think so yes. and you?

― Gale, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wait, she's back!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

divinity school joke:

Q: Who has the biggest butt in the Bible?
A: Moses - he tied his ass to a tree and walked for three days.

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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