Unabridged Audiobook
I found this book to be excellently narrated and clearly, fairly written. That the Bible is full of inconsistencies is obvious when you read it, but this discussion about how some of that might have come about is something I have not come across before. A fascinating listen. It is worth noting, I think, that the author is a priest.
Poorly narrated (he sounds constantly irritated) and written in a dry, uninspired style liberally peppered with ‘maybe’, ‘not known’, ‘uncertain’, this book would have been better titled ‘Perhaps a Possible History of the Bible’. Yet despite this high level of speculation, and despite his claims to be objective, the author backs very controversial standpoints, such as claiming some of Paul’s epistles to be forgeries, instead of acknowledging that such issues are open to interpretation. He seems to have a not-so-hidden agenda to discredit the most influential book in the history of humanity. A major disappointment.
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