this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
72 points (100.0% liked)

Books

8246 readers
293 users here now

A community for all things related to Books.

Rules

  1. Be Nice. No personal attacks or hate speech.
  2. No spam. All posts should be related to discussion or reviews related to books. (Please avoid posts that are just a link to the book and a generic summary)
  3. No self promotion.

Official Bingo Posts:

Related Communities

Community icon by IconsBox (from freepik.com)

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
dresden@discuss.online
dresden_do@lemmy.world
JaymesRS@literature.cafe
JaymesRS@lemmy.world
dresden@piefed.world
72
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 16 (discuss.online)
submitted 1 month ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world
78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

What have you been reading or listening to lately?

Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The Bible says so by Dan McLellan. I've always been interested in where the biblical canon comes from and how it became it's current state. About four chapters in currently and I'm really enjoying it.

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bart Ehrman is good for this too.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

To add to this, I personally recommend "Did Jesus Exist" as the Dr. Ehrman follow up.

It has the same vibe as Dr. McClellan's book while also being an incredibly useful popular academic book. Just as accessible and covers the second most important part of Christianity to understand, the origin as opposed to the current discourse.

"How Jesus became God" being a natural progression.

load more comments (3 replies)