The Bible: A Biography

[Joseph Tracy]

I read a library copy  of the Great Transformation, I really savored  
it and intend to buy a copy, it's an amazing resource for comparing  
cultures ,ideas, faith traditions.  Also did  a very quick read of  
Islam: A Short History . Don't really see any particular sympathy  
with Islam.  The Great Transformation probably tells the most about  
her personal thinking on the general topic because she compares and  
follows the development of many spiritual and ethical traditions and  
relates them to cultural context - a very informative read from an  
impressive scholar.
On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:49 PM, Bekah wrote

> Karen Armstrong  writes well researched, carefully thought out and  
> wonderfully intelligent histories of religion.  She's a fine author  
> although a bit on the dry side.   I've read
>
> The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions  
> (2006)
> The Spiral Staircase (2004)
> Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (1996)
>
> I'm very curious to read The Bible: A Biography but also A History  
> of God and maybe Muhammed.
>
> If pushed,  I'd say her sympathies are with Islam although she was  
> born, raised and educated Catholic,  an ex-nun in fact - or novice  
> (that story is in The Spiral Staircase).
>
> Bekah
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Henry Musikar wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tip'o the hat, Dave.  Looks really good.  I'm gonna  
>> buy it from (ahem) at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/bible-a-biography
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Monroe
>> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 6:50 PM
>> To: pynchon -l
>>
>> Armstrong, Karen.  The Bible: A Biography.  New York: Grove, 2007.
>>
>> http://www.groveatlantic.com/grove/bin/wc.dll?GroveProc~book~5241
>>
>> See esp. Ch. 5, "Midrash" ...
>>
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=nHuVPKRUGNUC
>>
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