Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

"Bruce Feiler is Inspiring Me"
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

From a Christian blogger on WALKING THE BIBLE:

The first interesting thing I noticed about the book was that across the pages opposite the bindings it has JEWISH AUTHOR written in black, permanent sharpie. It struck me as amusing, mostly because they're still important to us too. But anyway...

So this guy spent three or something years of his life visiting all of the places we can locate in Genesis through Deuteronomy. And, what I think makes it the coolest is that he is a Jewish author and speaks so much of his spiritual connection to these places. I'm not sure that a Christian author/writer would focus nearly so much on the significance and connection to these places in the Middle East.

Feiler's account of being at these places and having them bring the Bible stories to life is absolutely inspiring. He started with the purpose of learning about where the Bible took place, purely as an archaeological and academic endeavor. But so far he continues to speak of his awe at visiting the geographic locations and how they give stories so much more meaning and give him a greater understanding of the people, their situations, and how they speak to us in contemporary society.

One really cool theme he explores through all of this is what we learn about the Bible and its stories through literal critique, archaeological exploration, and scientific knowledge.

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