Prose 22 : Quest For Truth - Completion Of The Book Of Books

Quest For Truth - Completion Of The Book Of Books
                                                                -  T ABRAHAM

    All of us can read anything and everything if we know the language of the manuscript of the work we take for reading. The materials available to us range from works of truth to works of creativity. There are subjects available around us in plentitude which starts from the very basis of all writing which is the foundation and easy to comprehend subject which is none other than 'PHILOSOPHY' to the one which demands the use of our memory power or the conscious use of our mind which are the subjects of the broad domain of 'SCIENCE'. The above two domains are in two extreme ends of a see-saw and there is a shift possible from the 'SCIENCE' TO 'PHILOSOPHY'  but the vice versa is not possible. The term 'PHILOSOPHY' is something which in turn includes various other subjects within it and one such division is 'THEOLOGY' which in turn is a term attributed with the 'RELIGION'. There are different types of 'THEOLOGY' like the most widely known or the universally well known, that is, 'Christian Theology' and the one of the eastern origin, that is, 'Hindu Theology'. So, here we are going to focus upon the foundation stone of the religion of Christianity which is the foundational text upon which this study is primarily focused upon.

    It is known that 'Holy Bible' is one of the surviving texts on this earth which only speaks the truth and it is something that is written by the divine inspiration put into the minds of the men who wrote this book which comprises of many books within it. The 'Bible' is a text where one cannot find the personal elements influencing the text. This is the only book that talks of both the good and the bad qualities of every great characters upon which the books revolve upon and both about one's rise and downfall. So, it is an unbiased material which not even at a single point showed the nature of bias and it stayed neutral like a water in it's pure state with it's pH level at 7.

    Many of us, especially the Christians have the urge to read this book of books but many a times we are focused upon our academics and our work based texts and we ignore the Bible. During my schooldays I had the urge to start reading the Bible from the first Book of Genesis to the Last Book of Revelation but I was not inspired by anybody to have any drive and interest in reading the religious text. Then, during my 2nd semester at my I UG level I had this course titled 'Christian Studies' which gave me some inspiration to start with the New Testament but I read for one week and my inspiration was gone to the level zero. Then, after the New Year day of 2023 we had our Christian Studies classes for about a month and in the end of January 2023 I was inspired by the classes and having this paper as a compulsory component gave me a drive towards completion of the New Testament which was made systematic by the 'New Testament in 90 days' methodology followed in this paper. I successfully completed the 'New Testament' of the Bible during the end of my I UG.

    Then, I have started with the Old Testament the very same year but at first I completed reading the Book of Psalms on 02/10/23 which I have started on 21/08/23. Then, I started with the Book of Genesis which I was able to complete on 28/10/23 and then I completed the Book of Exodus on 13/11/23 and moving on to the other books of the Bible,

Book of Leviticus was completed on 27/11/23,

Book of Numbers was completed on 25/12/23,

Book of Deuteronomy was completed on 11/01/24,

Book of Joshua was completed on 23/01/24,

Book of Judges was completed on 01/02/24,

Book of Ruth was completed on 02/02/24,

Book of 1 Samuel was completed on 17/02/24,

Book of 2 Samuel was completed on 28/02/24,

Book of 1 Kings was completed on 10/03/24,

Book of 2 Kings was completed on 22/03/24,

Book of 1 Chronicles was completed on 06/04/24.

    Then, today on 22/04/24 I have completed the Book of 2 Chronicles. This is a never ending journey which once started would keep on going forever. This journey was reaching it's next level as I have decided after the completion of my I UG that I wanted to opt in for the Interdisciplinary Elective course during my II UG offered by the Department of Philosophy (Aided) titled 'Introduction To Christian Theology' to make the spirit of reading the Bible to keep on refreshing itself by the ideas which are presented to us through this course which would help me make my Bible reading journey a more valuable one. The course made me understand and interpret the Holy text in a standardised and in a systematic manner. I was willing to take up this course as I had a paper titled 'Social Ethics' during my I UG which presented me to the basics of Philosophy as we had many topics about the basic concepts of philosophy in it.

    Reading this Holy text and reading our academic and work texts and books is something that adds more value to our intellect as one delves into all the three domains namely - 'academics', 'spirituality' and 'societal knowledge' which makes one into a true 'human' with a mind to understand life in it's way, about the sphere of goodness and the sphere of evil. To read this Book of books one needs to get the inspiration and one should not give up at any cost but to keep reading it till our last minute of existence on this planet where we dwell.

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