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Karen Armstrong manages to take the great sweep of the centuries of context in which the Bible was written and the time of oral history before it and place the development of the Bible in perceptible and clear language with a simplicity that makes difficult concepts comprehensible without insulting the reader's intelligence. She weaves together the time when both the Christian and Jewish Scriptures were being compiled and makes clear that even though anti-semitism in Christianity began very early, Christianity and Judaism are indeed sister religions. She helps us understand that the interpretation of the Bible belongs to no one generation or genre of scholarship or sectarian wing of faith and it is up to us in our time to read it and interpret it thoughtfully and responsibly.
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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Karen Armstrong
chuck, January 5, 2008
Karen Armstrong manages to take the great sweep of the centuries of context in which the Bible was written and the time of oral history before it and place the development of the Bible in perceptible and clear language with a simplicity that makes difficult concepts comprehensible without insulting the reader's intelligence. She weaves together the time when both the Christian and Jewish Scriptures were being compiled and makes clear that even though anti-semitism in Christianity began very early, Christianity and Judaism are indeed sister religions. She helps us understand that the interpretation of the Bible belongs to no one generation or genre of scholarship or sectarian wing of faith and it is up to us in our time to read it and interpret it thoughtfully and responsibly.(14 of 26 readers found this comment helpful)