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Title: Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis ISBN: 0380728397 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6
Rating: 4
Summary: Light and easy to read
Comment: Davis writes like Isaac Asimov. He wants to educate you. In this book, he gets in and gets out fast --- which is good. He tells you the story of Job, for example, in one page. He knows he has a lot to cover, so he hits each point in a page or two. If you want more detail, you can read one of hundreds of other books after this one.
His coverage of the New Testament is good even though it's shorter than his Old Testament section. This makes sense because the New has less content --- fewer details, parables, people, and places.
Davis uses bad jokes and awkward pop culture references half a dozen times. These don't help. I don't need references to Madonna, Baywatch, Jedi knights, and (of all things) The First Wives Club. The references age fast. Some of them come across like the work of an amateur comedy writer.
Other than that, it's a really good book, as good as Asimov's Guide to the Bible. As an introduction to the Bible, it can't be beat. Sure, it's a secular approach, but if it wasn't, it would be twice and long and would no longer qualify as an introductory text.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Good Book on the "Good Book"
Comment: Nothing stirs up the ire in people more than writting anything, and I repeat, anything, about religon (it's a no-win situation). Just read the previous reviews below; people trash this book because it doesn't coincide with thier own views of faith or beliefs. It's NOT suppose to. It was written to help people better understand one of the main underpinnings of our civilization.
Since God is an issue of faith, not opinnion, and history is an issue of interpetted facts, not spiritual faith, this book delivers the latter without ever trying to augment the former.
Personally, I found it very rewarding as I gained a better understanding of a subject that's very confusing. I feel I can now pick up the real Bible with an appreciation for the stories and not be worried about being lost (like primer before the paint). Buy this book only for this reason and you wont be disappointed.
Rating: 3
Summary: Don't Know Much About the Bible Needs a New Title
Comment: This book should be called, Don't Know Much About the Bible by a Christian for Other Christians. The author assumes his readers are Christian and want a Christian interpretation of the Bible.
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