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Title: Book of God, The by Walter, Jr. Wangerin ISBN: 0-310-22021-1 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Vibrant portrayal of biblical personalities
Comment: Make no mistake, Walter Wangerin is an amazing storyteller. I am referring to the audio version of his "Book of God," which he reads with animation and liveliness.
But it should also be perfectly clear that this is historical fiction, or biblical fiction if you prefer. At times it is even a bit of a commentary on the Bible, but it is not the Bible, nor are some of his characterizations consistent with Christian tradition.
Personally, I think Wangerin is at his best with the Old Testament portion of his narrative. Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, David and Jonathan (not to mention Bathsheba), come to life in his telling. Wangerin has obviously done his homework, weaving in accurate images based on archeological findings, and adding vibrant personality and powerful emotions to these familiar stories.
In the New Testament portion, there were times when I felt his portrayal of the Apostles or the women, such as Mary Magdalene, were not entirely in keeping with traditional Christian understanding of these heroes of the faith.
Having said that, Wangerin has done a great service if he can interest individuals into doing their own research in the Scriptures or in early Church history.
With minor reservations, I can still recommend this "Book of God," especially in audio format.
Rating: 5
Summary: And I thought the bible was beyond me
Comment: When I saw this book in the library, the sub-title grabbed my attention - The Bible as a Novel. I have always hesitated picking up the bible as the reading is always so heavy. But novels - I love novels. Even so I left the book untouched for a couple of days - I suppose I was afraid I would be disappointed. Since I've started, I find it so difficult to put the book down. I can't believe I enjoy reading this so much. This book has helped me visualise all that I've read in the bible. And now, I am going to buy this book to keep and reread over and over again. I'm already thinking of giving this as a gift to several people who have not read the bible. This book will send them to their bibles if only to check the facts. I've found an almost perfect gift! Another thing, now I understand the characters and the social situations in the bible, I don't have such a problem explaining the bible to my kids.
Rating: 3
Summary: Wangerin could have dared more
Comment: "The book of God" is not, as other reviewers have stated, the Bible as a novel. What Walter Wangerin did here was to re-tell some (not all) of the central stories depicted in the Bible, to transform it in an easier and more undersandable reading.
The first three quarters of "The book of God" deal with the Old Testament, from Abraham to the Prophets. I liked this part because of the simplicity in which it was written; Wangerin did a good job, telling a nice, sequential story. But there are some problems. He kept using endless streams of seemingly unrelated family names, and at times he tries to create parts with biblical poetic resemblance, and that didn't work for me. That's the main problem with this book: it's too flat, to linear, it lacks an author's desire of creating a unique book.
The final chapters deal with the life of Jesus. Wangerin only writes what we know it's in the Gospels. He almost doesn't extrapolate. I thought he could have dared more, writing things somewhat different from what we read in the Gospels without diverging from the story, but he didn't. Don't get me wrong, "The book of God" is not a bad book. But it's not what I expected it to be. It's not vibrant, and at times almost dull.
Grade 6.8/10
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Title: Paul by Walter, Jr. Wangerin, Rick Beerhorst ISBN: 0310243165 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Reliving the Passion by Walter, Jr. Wangerin ISBN: 0310755301 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 07 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: In The Days of The Angels: Stories and Carols for Christmas by JR. WALTER WANGERIN ISBN: 157856395X Publisher: WaterBrook Press Pub. Date: 17 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Ragman: And Other Cries of Faith by Walter Wangerin ISBN: 0060692294 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 17 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin ISBN: 0060574607 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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