Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds - Hardcover

Akenson, Donald Harman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773517812 ISBN 13: 9780773517813

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Akenson, Donald Harman

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Review:

"Akenson's interpretation of these classics is a promising start for anyone. He encourages serious, holistic reading by word and example. Religious believers may be enriched by the exposition of the 'surpassing wonder' of these human inventions, even if dissatisfied by the bracketing of some tenets of their respective faiths. Cultural critics may find an entree into a more mature conversation with some texts that live on in our culture. Most important, this book will guide and stimulate ordinary readers to read on." Anthony J. Saldarini in The New York Times "Even though something on the order of a million books have already been written about the Bible, Surpassing Wonder is in no way redundant. Its central arguments are powerful and unusual, and its ample endnotes and appendices alone are worth the cover price: They provide a succinct overview of just about everything anyone needs to know to pursue serious self-education in the subjects it treats, including a knockout critique of Northrop Frye's The Great Code." T.F. Rigelhoff in The Globe and Mail.

About the Author:

Donald Harman Akenson teaches at Queen's University in Canada and is the Beamish Research Professor at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. He is the Canada Council Molson Laureate and the author of over twenty books and novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0773517812
• ISBN 13: 9780773517813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 672