Holy Writ As Oral Lit: The Bible As Folklore

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Summary: It's about time someone wrote this book!
Review: Alan Dundes, one of the U.C.Berkeley's foremost professors, has written a fantastic book again! He proves that the bible's source is oral literature (folklore), thus explaining the different versions of events throughout the bible. Dundes' book is the voice of reason in a sea of confusion surrounding biblical history.

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Summary: This is a must-read for any historian or Biblcal reader
Review: I have taken a course taught by professors Dundes for which he recommended we read this book of his.
At first I was skeptical and viewed this book as some kind of an assault of Christian beliefs.
It is not the case at all. Thie book provides very useful information as to why the Bible is not 100% written by those who have experienced the events but by those who may were told about it passing it by mouth. This book explains the evidence that some information in the Bible is written from stories told to the writer. It does NOT say that the Bible is untrue, it just shows there are minor discrepancies in describtions of events.

The book is written in easy to read English language, which is precise and right to the point without anything boring.
Passages as quoted and all sources are always listed. Amazingly enjoyable reading.