>>9330804If a book is mentioned in the Bible by the Apostles, it scriptural.
So get a Bible with ALL the books. The will say they are not Canonical but that's a Jew trick.
ALL Canon is scriptural and defines doctrine. All Scripture supports Canon and doctrine. Trust what the Apostles chose to read.
So which Bible. In my mind there are only two that are decent +. Many have HUGE HUGE HUGE translations errors. These two have some small translation errors . The 1st here transliterated which makes it easy to read.
The second is literal and it's harder to read but every word lines up with the Strong Exhaustive concordance.
1) The Jerusalem Bible (Gotta buy it on Amazon) or here
http://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/jb-ot%20content.htm2) The Scriptures 2009
https://isr-messianic.org/Also download E-Sword at
E-Sword.net and download the following Bibles
1) KJV
2) KJV+ (So you can see with your own eyes all the concordance translations hyperlinked in a box.)(You will see rather quickly which Bibles mistranslate)
3) The New Jerusalem Bible (There is no version of the Jerusalem Bible)
https://sites.google.com/site/apostolicapologetics/resources/e-sword-modules4) TS2009 (Use this for the New testement) (If it is too hard, fall back on the New Jeruslaem Bible)
5) Lexham Bible (This is what you want to use 100% for the Old testement) It is the Septuigent.
You will easily see which Bible stays closest to the Greek and Hebrew. You won't need someone else's opinion.
So also make sure you read 2 Maccabees first. Then use Wikipedia and look up the main characters and understand who they are.
You have John Hyracanus and Antipater the Idumaean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipater_the_Idumaeanand his son King Herod who is all over the New Testament.
It's important that you know who these men are because 2 are Edomites pretending to be Israelite and 1 is the King of the House of Judah.
It's important because it will show you who is an Edomite today and who is not.