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Title: It is not often that I get to use the words UTTER and DROSS in the same breath...
Review: This is the first of "The Forgotten Books of Eden"edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.[1926]I was hoping to read Bible-esque stories of tradition rather than of cannon.....However....These books are not at all Biblical.The themes and references are obvious and bent; the motifs surround attrition and sorrow and suffering and punishment--and ring of apostasy.The character of GOD, as revealed therein, is disturbingly brooding, petty, and childish--rather than holy, majestic, just, and benevolent.The text itself reads like a cross between "The Deer Slayer" by James Fenmore Cooper and "One Thousand and One Nights" (Arabian Knights).Note:"The Forgotten Books of Eden" are in the general domain (copyright free).I suggest reading through the text version (sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe) before purchasing the set....personally I find "The Forgotten Books of Eden" entirely forgettable!
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