Saturday, April 21, 2007

Jesus: His Life and Teachings, by Joseph F. Girzone (Book on CD)

I think I made it all the way to track number 7 on the first disc before giving up. This is just way too basic and literal for me.

Having said that, this would be a very good introduction to the story of Jesus that is built out of all the gospel accounts mooshed together without much regard for smoothing or taking the minor inconsistencies out (like, Andrew brings Peter to Jesus...but no: a few chapters later, Jesus calls both of them as if he's never met either of them...annoying and unremarked-upon).

I also didn't like the reader's voice: mushy-mouthed and far too actory for me. Probably better to a) read the book, or b) read The Book.

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