Title: Pretty disappointing...
Product review: Books like these are designed to answer the question: "Okay, just what am I looking at here?" and "What purpose does [this book or that book] serve?", and occasionally: "Okay now that I've read Joshua [or something] what interesting things did I not notice?"I LOVE books that survey the Bible by book, but this one isn't good. Information provided for each book is comparable to what you'd find in a study Bible: authorship, location/time, etc. without getting into the good parts.And seminary? Not even close.Really I expected better from the likes of Gordon Fee and company.Go with "What the Bible is All About" instead. It's got kind of a juvenile atmosphere to it, but has been the preeminent book in its category for years and years (has sold over 10 million copies!) and with good reason. If you can find a copy of Orr's book, "A Layperson's Introduction to the Bible" or something like that, it's a more scholastic version of the same thing. They've both really great.This one isn't.
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