Version Diversion

I've had way too much time this January to get ready for reading through the Bible in February. My biggest decision has been about what version to use when doing the reading (I'm a bit obsessive about these kinds of things). Part of my decision was made by a Christmas present...Jean got me a Kindle, one of those electronic book readers by Amazon.com. So, I've decided to read through the Bible on a book reader which already makes it a different experience. I'm used to flipping back and forth through my Bible as I read. But the Kindle really encourages a person to simple make your way through a book one page at a time without much digressing. I will be reading the first five books of the Bible (also known as the Pentateuch) from Robert Alter's wonderful translation. The rest of the Old Testament I will probably be reading from the Tanak, which is the version most widely read by the Jewish community. I'm hoping that these interesting translations will help me to see new things. I hope that the rest of you don't obsess about translations as much as me. Just relax and do the reading. But if anyone wants to talk translations....I'm all ears!