Well so now I'm also studying various religious texts.
@ThatVeryQuinn way cool, which?
@gzt Well, I'm starting out with the King James Bible, but I'd like to get a more thorough understanding of a number of the major religions.
@ThatVeryQuinn The Yale courses on the Bible (available free online) are very interesting and good introductions to the biblical literature from a scholarly viewpoint - here's the course on the Hebrew Bible: http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/rlst-145
@gzt Oh, thank you! :)
@ThatVeryQuinn The videos are available on youtube as well but they don't tell you what the readings are there. Of course, for the full experience, you should be reading the text (Jewish Study Bible - highly recommend) and supplemental texts they use (harder to get your hands on without an academic library, but not vital).
@gzt Oh, fantastic! I'm not sure I'll be able to go that in-depth, but thank you for the resources regardless! :)