Biblical Literacy, Timothy Beal
Biblical Literacy, Timothy Beal
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Biblical Literacy
The Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know

Author: Timothy Beal

Narrator: J.P. O'Shaughnessy

Unabridged: 12 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/29/2011

Synopsis

“The Bible…is a locked treasure for those unfamiliar with the Scriptures….Beal offers a key with his accessible guide.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer“With skill and insight, Timothy Beal has given us a great gift: a lucid and engaging introduction to the most important book ever published.” —Jon Meacham, author of American Lion, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn the tradition of Stephen Prothero’s Religious Literacy, and with the deftness of Bill Bryson’s Mother Tongue, Timothy Beal’s Biblical Literacy is a one-stop course in the Bible passages and background information that everyone needs to know to navigate our nuanced cultural landscape—from devout believers to decided atheists, average citizens to pop-culture aficionados. Like Religion in America, Religion and its Monsters, and other of his highly acclaimed books, Beal’s Biblical Literacy is a must-have handbook for understanding today’s world.

About Timothy Beal

Timothy Beal is Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University. He has published ten books as well as essays on religion and American culture for the New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, and The Plain Dealer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Geoffrey on August 05, 2015

This book is intended as an introduction to the bible for people with little to no familiarity with the book. Beal curated what he considers to be key passages from both the old and new testaments and has interspersed these with short sections of commentary explaining what to look for in each passag......more

Goodreads review by Tyrel on August 06, 2024

There seems to be a bit of a trend with some of the negative reviews of this book. Some readers seem to have misread the title of the book, so I'll start by saying what this book isn't. This book is not "Biblical Literacy: The Bible Condensed for Christians Who Can't be Bothered to Read the Whole Th......more

Goodreads review by gav gav on November 08, 2022

the book was alright. i had to read it for school. it gave a lot of good insight tho and i didn’t hate it!!......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on June 10, 2021

This seems like one of the best books to explain how to understand the bible . If you really want to know and care about God.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 31, 2010

Reviewed all the bibical heros and villians and at the end had an interesting glossary of all the common saying we use today which come from the bible. However the interpretations, like the bible asked more questions than it answered. It did show how people use the bible to justify their unjust obje......more

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