Title: Erudite but unfocused
Product review: Have to agree with the reviewer from Melbourne on this one. Herzog says in the introduction that he eschews any overarching methodology, laudable in theory I suppose but not very good in practice. The result is a rather meandering narrative that lacks the benefit of a clear central argument to structure it. Probably the main strength of the book is that it draws on a staggeringly broad set of texts. [To be fair, I have not read the entire book, so you can take my criticisms with a grain of salt I suppose, though I do think I have grasped the essentials of his text.]
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