Biblical Sense: The Book of Genesis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478224358)

In this first installment of his "Biblical Sense" series, Brad Miller takes you on a read-along journey through the opening book of the Bible - one filled with tragic intra-familial strife, thrilling grain shortages, miraculous feats of precipitation, and produce-hawking serpents. A world of awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping discovery awaits, if you can get past that dud of an opening chapter. Seriously. Who'd have thought that creating the universe could be so dull?

The "Biblical Sense" series is for people who want to have read the Bible but don't want to have to read it. We don't blame you. It's not what you'd call a whiz-bang action adventure, after all. Okay, we should admit that we don't think the Bible is true. But that's not the point. The fact is, a lot of people seem to live their lives according to what they think the Bible says (though we can't for a second believe a lot of folks have read it), and so we think a well-read and culturally literate person should familiarize himself with culturally and historically significant texts - no matter how mind-numbingly dull Leviticus might be.

Whether you believe the Bible or not, we hope this makes reading it a little more palatable. In any case, you'll come away from this book with a genuine appreciation for exactly how deeply intertwined communal religious devotion is with rampant animal slaughter.