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Summary: Scripture? Say WHAT????
Review: A book that makes THE BOOK accessible. I must admit that the "Idiot's Guide" is at times irreverant. It's also funny. Sometimes, I found it even uproarious. But at no time was it ever inaccurate. Now, let's take this from the top. Accurate, accessible, ierreverant, and funny. The Bible? Well, excuse ME, but what's not too like? After a life time of religious study, inquiry, and debate, comes along this little book, that says "Read me," before "Rever me." I read it, and suddenly, I find myself looking up passages, laughing, and praying again for the humility, "God, I misunderstood. . .thanks for showing me the way." This book got me back into the Bible, back into honest religious inquiry, and into spiritual seeking and honesty. . .and having fun with it. BUY THIS BOOK. And if you don't have a Bible to accompany this hilarious journey, get one! Amazon allows only five stars. This volume deserves a whole galaxy!
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Summary: Scripture? Say WHAT????
Review: A book that makes THE BOOK accessible. I must admit that the "Idiot's Guide" is at times irreverant. It's also funny. Sometimes, I found it even uproarious. But at no time was it ever inaccurate. Now, let's take this from the top. Accurate, accessible, ierreverant, and funny. The Bible? Well, excuse ME, but what's not too like? After a life time of religious study, inquiry, and debate, comes along this little book, that says "Read me," before "Rever me." I read it, and suddenly, I find myself looking up passages, laughing, and praying again for the humility, "God, I misunderstood. . .thanks for showing me the way." This book got me back into the Bible, back into honest religious inquiry, and into spiritual seeking and honesty. . .and having fun with it. BUY THIS BOOK. And if you don't have a Bible to accompany this hilarious journey, get one! Amazon allows only five stars. This volume deserves a whole galaxy!
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Summary: Not For Idiots
Review: A good introduction to the Bible but it has a tendency to gloss over things a bit. Still, this is good reading.
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Summary: I never knew the Bible could be such a page turner!
Review: Anyone with even the slightest curiosity about the Bible MUST get this book. If seeing Mel Gibson's Passion movie made you ask questions like, "I didn't know Pontius Pilate had a wife?" and "Someone helped Jesus carry the Cross, really?" then you will not be disappointed with this great read.
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Summary: I never knew the Bible could be such a page turner!
Review: Anyone with even the slightest curiosity about the Bible MUST get this book. If seeing Mel Gibson's Passion movie made you ask questions like, "I didn't know Pontius Pilate had a wife?" and "Someone helped Jesus carry the Cross, really?" then you will not be disappointed with this great read.
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Summary: Complete Idiots Guide to the Bible
Review: As a youth director for our church, I was looking for somthing to teach the scriptures without loosing this younger generation's intrest. This is the ticket. The authors are well informed yet they do not teach down to the kids. The information is interesting yet uterly valid and to the point. Almost every page has a quote or trivia box that gets their attention. Our kids are getting it, and thats good. The are reading on their own and loving it. Thank you for this book, I am recommending it to my colleague's for their youth groups, and for the adult Bible study too. Thank you. Tom Smith
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Summary: Good Introduction
Review: Before reading this I wasn't familiar with many of the stories of the Old Testament prophets and I feel as though I did learn alot from here. This book briefly covers the main stories and layout of the Old and New Testament. Like all of The Idiot's Guides it provides trivia facts and "did you know" chunks of information in a humorous fashion. Yes, the authors do intrepret some of the verses conservatively so keep that in mind while reading this.
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Summary: Guide through the Bible
Review: Do not let the title full you, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Bible" is not just for dummys, I assure you. It takes all the major stories, poems (or psalms), and parables, and explains them in a way that the modern, casual reader can understand. Come on guys, let's face it, the Bible is a very hard book to understand. You can read it many times and never get all it's meaning. It is made clear from the begining that this "Guide" is not a substitute for reading the Bible, it is just a source to understand it better. I read it pretty quickly, and came away with better understanding than I could have achieved on my own. "Guide" is not all inclusive, it dose a lot of skipping, and sometimes just glances over some of the stuff I wanted to know about (I wanted to know a little more about the apostles), but for compensation, it dose cover the time between the Old Testement and New. It gives a little insight into some of the groups around in Jesus's day; very interesting. Like I said, it dosn't go over everything, but it dose make you (or at least me) want to look for more information. I liked it, and I hope you will too.
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Summary: I never knew the Bible could be such a page turner!
Review: Do not let the title full you, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Bible" is not just for dummys, I assure you. It takes all the major stories, poems (or psalms), and parables, and explains them in a way that the modern, casual reader can understand. Come on guys, let's face it, the Bible is a very hard book to understand. You can read it many times and never get all it's meaning. It is made clear from the begining that this "Guide" is not a substitute for reading the Bible, it is just a source to understand it better. I read it pretty quickly, and came away with better understanding than I could have achieved on my own. "Guide" is not all inclusive, it dose a lot of skipping, and sometimes just glances over some of the stuff I wanted to know about (I wanted to know a little more about the apostles), but for compensation, it dose cover the time between the Old Testement and New. It gives a little insight into some of the groups around in Jesus's day; very interesting. Like I said, it dosn't go over everything, but it dose make you (or at least me) want to look for more information. I liked it, and I hope you will too.
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Summary: Guide through the Bible
Review: Do not let the title full you, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Bible" is not just for dummys, I assure you. It takes all the major stories, poems (or psalms), and parables, and explains them in a way that the modern, casual reader can understand. Come on guys, let's face it, the Bible is a very hard book to understand. You can read it many times and never get all it's meaning. It is made clear from the begining that this "Guide" is not a substitute for reading the Bible, it is just a source to understand it better. I read it pretty quickly, and came away with better understanding than I could have achieved on my own. "Guide" is not all inclusive, it dose a lot of skipping, and sometimes just glances over some of the stuff I wanted to know about (I wanted to know a little more about the apostles), but for compensation, it dose cover the time between the Old Testement and New. It gives a little insight into some of the groups around in Jesus's day; very interesting. Like I said, it dosn't go over everything, but it dose make you (or at least me) want to look for more information. I liked it, and I hope you will too.
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