Jews use other texts to understand the bible, Talmud, Zohar, mid rashes, haftarah, mishna, tanya to name a few. Even most learned Jews, in fact especially those will not attempt to understand it directly. As this work has been done by great thinkers and has been built over generations. I am not sure if such books exist in Christianity that are not of a new religion all together. I only know of ones that seem to deviate quite a bit and bring in other elements than those held in my understanding of catholic Protestant and other non-fringe iterations of Christianity. This isn't necessarily practical advice but I'd imagine an understanding of that historical period, ancient Hebrew and Greek, and if you dare, other religious texts, would be good places to start if attempting to understand on your own.
IIN to sometimes be uncomfortable with the Bible?
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Jews use other texts to understand the bible, Talmud, Zohar, mid rashes, haftarah, mishna, tanya to name a few. Even most learned Jews, in fact especially those will not attempt to understand it directly. As this work has been done by great thinkers and has been built over generations. I am not sure if such books exist in Christianity that are not of a new religion all together. I only know of ones that seem to deviate quite a bit and bring in other elements than those held in my understanding of catholic Protestant and other non-fringe iterations of Christianity. This isn't necessarily practical advice but I'd imagine an understanding of that historical period, ancient Hebrew and Greek, and if you dare, other religious texts, would be good places to start if attempting to understand on your own.