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rdlevitt's review against another edition
3.0
A good, concise summary of the Torah. Some of the commentary essays and whatnots were off the mark, I think, but overall I really enjoyed actually learning what goes on in the Torah beyond the "big" stories.
antlersantlers's review against another edition
3.0
This rating/review is based on a free copy of the book I got from a Goodreads giveaway.
Done! Finally!
This was an interesting read for me; because despite being raised Catholic, I have never read the Torah/Pentateuch. Still haven't. Each section starts with a recap of the biblical text then whatever the contributors wrote/drew/designed -- and to the book's credit there is a pretty wide variety of contributions. Most were kind of boring/uncreative/phoned in, but there were some really stand-out pieces. I LOVED [a:Sloane Crosley|994873|Sloane Crosley|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1442330018p2/994873.jpg]'s piece about the plagues and architect [a:Marc Kushner|8475506|Marc Kushner|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s interpretation of the very specific instructions for the tabernacle. There were some heartfelt pieces, some funny ones, and some unsuccessful attempts at humor ("here's an idea, lets make God sassy! Or lets make Moses sassy!" SPARE ME). Pretty standard anthology, i.e. all over the place.
Done! Finally!
This was an interesting read for me; because despite being raised Catholic, I have never read the Torah/Pentateuch. Still haven't. Each section starts with a recap of the biblical text then whatever the contributors wrote/drew/designed -- and to the book's credit there is a pretty wide variety of contributions. Most were kind of boring/uncreative/phoned in, but there were some really stand-out pieces. I LOVED [a:Sloane Crosley|994873|Sloane Crosley|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1442330018p2/994873.jpg]'s piece about the plagues and architect [a:Marc Kushner|8475506|Marc Kushner|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s interpretation of the very specific instructions for the tabernacle. There were some heartfelt pieces, some funny ones, and some unsuccessful attempts at humor ("here's an idea, lets make God sassy! Or lets make Moses sassy!" SPARE ME). Pretty standard anthology, i.e. all over the place.
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