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A review by iina
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths by John Barton
4.0
Looooong but good!
I listened to this on audio — at double speed — and still spent a good couple of weeks getting through this. Granted, this may not be the sexiest of topics…
As for the book itself, I really enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the exact angle I thought. I was under the impression this would cover things like the various councils/meetings/whatever who once upon a time quarrelled over what to include in the Bible and what not, but this focused more on the various books within the Bible, their history, the different interpretations of the books Judaism and Christianity share, translations, etc… so slightly different, perhaps better, angle.
Fundamentalists: get mad, you won’t agree with most or any of this book.
Everyone else (if interested): would recommend.
I listened to this on audio — at double speed — and still spent a good couple of weeks getting through this. Granted, this may not be the sexiest of topics…
As for the book itself, I really enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the exact angle I thought. I was under the impression this would cover things like the various councils/meetings/whatever who once upon a time quarrelled over what to include in the Bible and what not, but this focused more on the various books within the Bible, their history, the different interpretations of the books Judaism and Christianity share, translations, etc… so slightly different, perhaps better, angle.
Fundamentalists: get mad, you won’t agree with most or any of this book.
Everyone else (if interested): would recommend.