Pocket Guide to the Bible: A Little Book About the Big Book

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A Little Book About the Big Book

An new guide to the original good book, focusing on the fascinating, touching, off-beat, unusual, and the downright bizarre aspects of the Bible.

Jason Boyett (Amarillo, TX) is a former copywriter and creative director in the advertising/marketing industry whose work regularly appears in publications like Relevant magazine, Christian Single, and TrueU.org. He has written for Salon.com, Paste, ...

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Overview

A Little Book About the Big Book

An new guide to the original good book, focusing on the fascinating, touching, off-beat, unusual, and the downright bizarre aspects of the Bible.

Jason Boyett (Amarillo, TX) is a former copywriter and creative director in the advertising/marketing industry whose work regularly appears in publications like Relevant magazine, Christian Single, and TrueU.org. He has written for Salon.com, Paste, ChristianityToday.com, Ministries Today, and other national publications. He has been featured on international programs airing on the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel, including its recent broadcast of Mysteries of the Garden of Eden.

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Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
Boyett (Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse) packs a surprising amount of information into this little guide. With humor always at the ready, he dashes through a glossary of biblical terms, a list of key characters and a summary of every book of the Bible. The introduction kicks off with a nod to the difficulties of biblical interpretation and a few of the less-than-stellar movements it helped inspire ("The Bible has motivated its readers to tend the sick.... It also motivated the Crusades"). This forthright tone continues throughout, though Boyett clearly writes from an evangelical perspective. The guide also includes an interesting history of the English Bible and summary of translations. Younger readers who would like to be more familiar with the biblical text will appreciate Boyett's tone, while older readers who have been in the church most of their lives will learn-or be reminded of-many things along the way. The book has a few weaknesses: the endless list of books and biblical events gets tedious; readers may have benefited more from thematic summaries. And there are a few references those outside the church won't understand. But overall, the guide is well written, fun and brief-which, when you're attempting to summarize the entire Bible, is quite an accomplishment. (June 6) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470373095
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/3/2009
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 785,500
  • Product dimensions: 4.90 (w) x 6.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Jason Boyett is not a professional theologian or historian but that hasn't stopped him from writing this book. His work has appeared in a variety of publications as well as on his blog (www.jasonboyett.com). He lives in Texas with his wife and children.

The Pocket Guide Series explains complex religious subjects with a lethal dose of educational hilarity, guided by the author's insatiable curiosity, humor, and gentle irreverence. The Pocket Guide series includes Pocket Guide to Sainthood, Pocket Guide to the Afterlife, and this book. Discover more at www.pocketguidesite.com.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

1 Biblicabulary (A Glossary of the Good book).

2 Cast of characters (A to J).

3 Cast of Characters (K to Z).

4 What Happens, Part 1 (The Old Testament at Breakneck Speed).

5 What Happens, Part 2 (The Old Testament at Breakneck Speed).

6 The Brief History of Holy Write (a timeline).

7 Versions and Perversions (A Selective Survey of Translations).

8 List Ye Be Smitten (Biblical flotsam and Jetsam).

Selected Bibliography.

The Author.

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