Within the span of 1 year, you can achieve "practical memorization" of the Bible, which I define as:
A readiness to spot-read rapidly, without error, as well as to know by experience the contents of each chapter.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
My DREAM is that there will begin to be places where the Bible will be read aloud and in unison 24 hours a day,
where people can gather in to listen and read along and participate.
Revelation is the starting point (Blessed is he that readeth [aloud]!): it takes 40 minutes to recite at ~360 BPM.
It is possible to recite the whole KJV Bible in 48 hours, at 360 BPM (6 syllables per second):
17,250 [total beats*hr/min] / 360 BPM = 48 hr (which assumes no beat is wasted…)
Two or more well-versed readers may be able to recite together without pauses or gaps.
Suppose a group were to meet and recite Revelation, they could also pair off, and each pair choose a 1/6 section (100 pages).
One in the pair will master and lead in the first 50 pages (1/12), and their partner will master and lead in the second 50 pages.
Is the Lord calling on you too, to recite the sounds of his Law publicly?
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First Try at Memorizing
When starting out, a strategy you can try is to start from the very last phrase of a verse and work backwards,
such that each time you add new material, it flows ahead into previously-memorized material.
Start from the end of not only the verse, but also of the chapter, of the book, and even of the whole Bible.
This also prevents one from inadvertently charging ahead, and taking on too much new material at a time.
One-Chapter-Per-Day Memorizing
Once you're comfortable with how much to take on and add, you should work beginning-to-end rather than backwards.
This is more effective in helping you retain the sequential order and logical progression of the events or arguments.
Here are the Daily 5 steps:
- Late in the day, choose a Chapter. Go verse by verse, repeating each many times, for comprehension.
Then read the full chapter quickly from start to finish, as many times as needed to complete it smoothly.
Pick out difficult-to-memorize verses or sections (maybe they are lists, or non-intuitive phrasing). - Try memorizing the difficult parts, while pinpointing what exactly is difficult piece of the section.
For each of those points, come up with a strategy or mnemonic for remembering it.
Make flashcards of those sticking points that you've resolved, and then sleep on it. - (Next morning) Run your flashcards to clear those difficult points.
- (Early and mid-day) Finish practicing the chapter until you can recite it confidently.
- Optionally, ask somebody to check you as you recite it from memory.
And then, choose a new chapter for the new day.
(Retaining the previous day's chapter at maximum fluency should not always be your mission. You know it well enough!)
The "First & Last" Chapters Reading
Here's one last idea I offer as a fail-safe, when you're not sure what to read, whether alone or in a group:
7 days' reading of 7 books (14 chapters each day).
It could be as a meditation on the content which happens between each pair of book-ends,
and it should surely help you remember the chapter-counts of each book.
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Example of Instantiating 7-Day Cycles
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