Book of God: The Bible as a Novel

by Walter Wangerin

Paperback, 1998

Status

Available

Collection

Description

Master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. shares the story of the Bible from beginning to end as you've never read it before, retold with exciting detail and passionate energy. ". . . a feat of imagination and faith." --Philip Yancey, award-winning author The Book of God reads like a novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, bringing to life the men and women of this ancient book in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, this award-winning bestseller follows the biblical story in chronological order. Priests and kings, apostles and prophets, common folk and charismatic leaders--individual stories offer glimpses into an unfolding revelation that reaches across the centuries to touch us today.… (more)

Publication

Lion Publishing Plc (Adults) (1998), Edition: New edition, 851 pages

Awards

Christian Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1997)

Rating

½ (85 ratings; 3.8)

User reviews

LibraryThing member vnovak
Great novel for seeing the big picture of the story of the Bible. He makes characters come alive and adds dialogue that could have happened. My only complaint is that in a story that otherwise uses contemporary language, he sometimes slips needlessly into archaic King James English (not to add
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poetry or depth of feeling, but just apparently because he is used to it).
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LibraryThing member debs4jc
I really enjoyed this top notch novelization of the world's most popular book, the Bible. Wangerin takes the bare bones stories that the Bible gives us and makes them come alive with characters that are more fleshed out. He even paraphrases some of the poetry and inserts that when appropriate. It
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makes reading these familiar stories fun and can make you think about them in a new way.
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LibraryThing member docliz
I loved reading this novel which aims to tell of the biblical events in a continuous story telling manner. It is great for getting a grasp of the Old Testament in an easy to read way.
LibraryThing member kijabi1
Paints the picture of God's providence
LibraryThing member mike.stephenson
this book covers some of the more popular stories from the bible in the form of a novel. I listened to the audio version
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