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Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments (2 Volumes in 1)

AUTHOR: Isaac Asimov
ISBN: 051734582X
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Two volumes in one, this guide clarifies such topics as the real nature of the Flood and the parting of the Red Sea, the significance of Cain and Abel, the gospel's position on slavery, the astronomical explanation of the Star of Bethlehem, and...

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Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments (2 Volumes in 1)
- Book Review, by Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov thinks big; readers of his science fiction works are familiar with his grasp and mastery of scale and how the individual stories unfold within the epic work. In Asimov's Guide to the Bible he utilizes this skill to pare down and untangle the many intertwined threads of biblical history and mythology. He views this guide as a way to illuminate the world of the Bible by incorporating the secular aspects of history, biography, and geography into a deeper understanding. Asimov's Guide to the Bible is not a book to be read in continuum but an indispensable companion to any journey through the Bible. Situating the writers of the various books of the Bible in time and space, Asimov gives its writings context and also explains how that context has morphed with time. While some of his conclusions and "qualified speculations" may challenge certain traditional assumptions (for example, there is no reference in the gospels to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute; rather, she was a madwoman whom Jesus cured by casting out seven demons), his aim is not to tear it apart but to flush out some of its mysteries, give it a context that the average Bible reader can understand, and therefore make it more real. --Jodie Buller

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In Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Isaac Asimov explores the historical, geographical, and biographical aspects of the events described in the Old and New Testaments. Asimov's attempts to illuminate the Bible's many obscure, mysterious passages prove absorbing reading for anyone interested in religion and history.

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In Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Isaac Asimov explores the historical, geographical, and biographical aspects of the events described in the Old and New Testaments. Asimov's attempts to illuminate the Bible's many obscure, mysterious passages prove absorbing reading for anyone interested in religion and history.

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Book Review

Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments (2 Volumes in 1)
- Book Reviews, by Isaac Asimov

Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments (2 Volumes in 1)

FROM OUR EDITORS

Illuminates events of the Old and New Testaments by informing us of the actual historical, geographical and biographical aspects of the time.

ANNOTATION

This two-in-one-volume encyclopedic edition brings an important fund of knowledge to any reader of the Bible. Illuminating events of the Old and New Testaments by informing us of the actual historical, geographical and biographical aspects of the time, this is as provocative and entertaining as it is informative. 1,295pp. HC

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Clarifies such topics as the real nature of the Flood and the parting of the Red Sea, the significance of Cain and Abel, the Gospels' position on slavery, the astronomical explanation of the Star of Bethlehem (Halley's Comet), and more.

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