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by: Bruce S. Feiler

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Average Rating: Rating: - An amazing journey - an insightful view This is an amazing book. While I doubt any of us would have the opportunity (or the traveling companion) that Feiler had in his quest to review the Pentauch, we are richer for his trip. Launching from the premise that the Bible had roots in history and developing culture (if not exactly a fact by fact account), the travelers look to tread where the stories come from, and to read the portions of the first 5 books of the Bible that relate to that location. Thus they can take the land, which is forever written about and under conflict, and the word, which often gets more remote from us, and joins them back together to see what we can learn. The connection begins with the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the fertile crescent giving birth to Genesis and the patriarchs, and continues through Israel, Egypt and Jordan until Feiler stands on the mountain top where Moses may have seen the promised land and then died. In addition, there is an exploration of what the bible means today, and what it means to the people who live in the area where the stories take place. The five books of Moses are extremely important becuase they form the starting off point for Judiasm (and later Christianity) and Islam. Thus the area, and the book, have varying importance to a large amount of the world. But does a book written 2-3 thousand years ago still resonate today in the lands of desert and oasis? Feiler finds that it does, even more so than he expected. In the way of discovering a new nuance of our heritage - what is part of our collective cultural history. The writing is easy going, insightful and fun. The author is able to draw out new visions and stories from one of the most written about areas of the world. I came away from the book with a much better and new understanding of the early stories of the Bible and look at their place in history in a new light. A great read, that teaches you without lecturing to you. Rating: - Travel, Adventure and the Bible I don't think I've ever read a more delightful book on Biblical history. Bruce Feiler has done a remarkable job of creating an engaging, readable account of his journey through the first five books of the Old Testament. His actual physical journey takes him as close as possible to the original paths traveled by those famous Biblical characters from Abraham to Moses. The journey takes us across five countries, thousands of miles, into deserts, to the tops of mountains and into ancient cities and long forgotten sites. Along the way, he continually reads the accounts of these areas as set forth in the Bible intending to tie the story to his own physical presence at each location. His traveling companions, the people he meets and his vivid descriptions make the journey come alive. Most importantly, he reinforces his belief in the Bible as the living word of God. Regardless of your personal beliefs, reading this book will be a big plus in your life. I only wish I could have tagged along on this trip! Rating: - Indiana Jones meets Moses Feiler has done a good job here of producing an adventurous "page turner." For me, the book was thrilling to the point I was carrying it with me in the car to read at red lights. Bear in mind, I'm also a complete nerd and become unusually excited by talk about migrating quail and mysterious illuminated manuscripts. My suggestion to the author for future work is to shed a bit of his boyish charm and tackle some of the more difficult issues related to his subject. For example, the book might have included a discussion regarding the bifurcation in thought processes that people undergo when they simultaneously attempt to "prove" that God exists while maintaining they have "faith" (I believe faith precludes proof). He might also have included a hard-hitting discussion regarding the manner in which people use the Bible in order to justify their own (sometimes sick) behavior such as killing children over land, hissing at people who don't wear hats, spitting on people who don't interpret the Bible literally, or punching women in the stomach at holy sites in a manufactured evangelical ritual. But other than the "overly nice" viewpoint of the book, it really was a great read and memorable in its moments. Congratulations are in order for Feiler.

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