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Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:
* They are officially published under that name * They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author * They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
I did it!!!! While I've read through the Bible several times, this is my first time to read it through in a year (if you don't count my uni required reading where I probably dozed off more often then not). This time, instead of reading from cover to cover, I followed a reading plan that set out a different genre for each day of the week. Sunday was epistles, Monday was the Law, Tuesday for History, etc... At first I felt like it was jumping around too much for my liking, but within a few weeks I really enjoyed seeing connections between Old and New Testaments. It also meant that there was less getting bogged down in some of the harder books.
Phenomenal translation! It was insightful and accurate. Easy readability. It is a formal equivalency. I read that it is only behind NASB and ESV with the consideration of the "literal". I feels much easier than NASB when reading. I like that where the Greek word "brothers" is actually big male and female, it is translated "brothers and sisters." I also have the full notes edition, with 60,000 notes! I use it for looking up something specific. Otherwise, I am compelled to read every note and some is Hebrew or Greek grammatical discussion. I barely passed m three levels of Greek, so except for basic translation notes on that, I don't need to read every note about nuances But for study or teaching prep that edition is helpful. This edition has clear print, large enough for my poor eyesight. But it is the translation that is the winner, here. Get a copy. Read it. This just may be my go to Bible for ministering. (I currently use the ESV for that).