The Bible: A Biography

[Bekah]

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths gave me the idea that her  
sympathies were more with Islam.    I agree that The Great  
Transformation didn't seem biased toward any of the several religions  
she examined.

Bekah


On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> 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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