Dont Know Much about the Bible, Kenneth C. Davis
Dont Know Much about the Bible, Kenneth C. Davis
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Don't Know Much about the Bible
Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned

Author: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrator: Arthur Morey, Lorna Raver

Unabridged: 16 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2005

Synopsis

Bringing to life the world of the Old and New Testaments, the acclaimed creator of the bestselling Don’t Know Much About® series transforms dry, difficult reading into colorful and realistic accounts. Relying on new research and improved translations, Kenneth C. Davis uncovers some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says:

•Jericho’s walls may have tumbled down because the city lies on a fault line.
•Moses never parted the Red Sea.
•There was a Jesus, but he wasn’t born on Christmas and he probably wasn’t an only child.

Don’t Know Much About® the Bible entertains and astonishes, but more important, provides a much better understanding of the world’s most-owned but least-understood anthology, with much more fun along the way.

About Kenneth C. Davis

Kenneth C. Davis has lived a life in books. He is the New York Times bestselling author of America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, which gave rise to his series of books and audiobooks on a range of subjects, including mythology, the Bible, geography, and the Civil War. His most recent work is Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly. Davis’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian magazine, among other publications. He has appeared on national television and radio shows, including CBS This Morning, Today, and NPR. He lives in the West Village of New York City with his wife, Joann Davis.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Arthur on February 18, 2008

I've read several of the books from this series, and this was probably my favorite. Davis is a very entertaining writer, and he presents information in a way that makes it interesting even to someone who has never really wondered about the particular ideas he's writing about. The book, like all of D......more

Goodreads review by Scott on November 15, 2010

I bought this book about 12 years ago - but finally got around to reading it cover to cover. I've read two other "Don't Know Much About" books in the past - and this one follows the same formula: brief elementary questions about each topic, and answers delivered with a wry / satiric sense of humor.......more

Goodreads review by Jesse on July 25, 2010

Overall, this is probably the best book I've read on the subject. That subject being the history and idiosyncrasy of the Bible. Although not as detailed as Friedman's "Who Wrote the Bible?" it covers the entire Bible, not just the Old Testament. A fantastic book for believers and non-believers alike......more

Goodreads review by Amber on August 24, 2010

If you are an athiest, you will find this humorous. If you are of christian faith, you will find this offensive and blasphemous. I find it to be a very necessary educational manual that future schools should teach children. How silly wars based on religion would seem.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 24, 2010

This book gives a great overview both of the stories of the bible and of scholarly opinion regarding the history of the bible. Ken Davis can definitely get pretty corny at times, but I appreciate his generally balanced presentation. Contrary to what another reviewer thought, I think he is somewhat r......more

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