Don't Know Much about the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned Audiobook

" The more I read about the historical placement (when they were written) of the books of the old Testament, the more confused I get! EVERY author/"authority" has a different date it seems...sigh. "

" Davis makes a quality "every-man" intro book. His introduction is, admitidly, a bit dense, but the rest of the book does a great job at explaining the ins and outs of the Bible. It contains enough nuts and bolts to appeal to a non-believer, but gives enough respect to the Bible to make a diehard Christian happy. "

" I wonder how many people have actually read the bible? A truly disgusting book.... "

" Very interesting read. The author definitely comes from the believer's point of view and skips over a few things I'd like to see explained, but overall good. Investigating the origins of stories and the history surrounding the writers provides interesting insights. "

" "It is quite obvious that the author does not think that the bible is the divinely inspired word of God." That is why i like this. "

" Good read about the good book. "

" Great read. Took a subject I admittedly know next to nothing about and made it accessible and interesting a the same time. Highly recommended. "

" Good to have as a reference so that you can combat crazies who misquote religious text. "

" Really interesting reading. The author takes an academic approach to bible study and delves into how history and human motivations influenced the final outcome of the biblical canon. "

" I good starting point. "

" Funny, witty and easy to read. I like the way the chapters are outlined so you can leaf through and choose a chapter that sounds interesting so you don't have to read it in sequence. "

" When I become emperor, this will be required reading for any fundamentalist. "

" Very, very interesting. Lent to me by my good friend Liz DiLuzio. :) "

" This treatment of the scriptures is a good overview. It seeks to answer some difficult and compelling issues but does not provide enough information to be balanced. Although I agree with much of the work, it seems set-up to cause controversy for the sake of controversy. "

" A great help with the bible study puzzle. Answering some questions about who, what, where, why, when and how. "

" I enjoyed this book. This is one of my favorite authors so I went into this book expecting to like it and I was not disappointed. My one quibble was that the author at times seemed to try too hard to take an alternative approach and give new meanings. Overall, it was an interesting read. "

" Have skimmed enough to have my questions answered by an easy-to-understand book (by someone who has done all the research I'm too lazy to do). "

" Great but quite long. Repetitious in many places but that might be good for some who may just pick out their favorite stories to read. "

" Plenty of good stuff in here, but I'm not going to finish it because I, in fact, pretty much knew all the things it was talking about "

" I am not at all religious, but I loved this book. It gives a clinical look, putting the bible's writing in a much better context. No longer am I bamboozled by religious nuts about what the bible says and why. "

" great overview of the history of the bible- funny and interesting too "

" If you are an athiest, you will find this humorous. If you are of christian faith, you will find this offensive and blasphemous. I find it to be a very necessary educational manual that future schools should teach children. How silly wars based on religion would seem. "

" Davis is clearly knowledgeable, but his writing style us awkward, distracting the reader from the interesting tale of American history. "

" this book will open eye to the true not the novel you being reading at school.you will see the multicultural this nation is,what it represent. "

" This is a good book for people who know nothing about history. "

" Read the entire book for Growth of America Class. It had a few interesting takes on history, but all in all, i found it to be vague and rather droll. "

" 11/23/10 Nothing special, but not bad for a quick review. 2.5 "

" Nice little refresher on American History. "

" Pretty good. I don't think it would have been as interesting if I'd read it instead of listening on audio ()car book, 10 min a day "

" Perfectly adequate as either quarter-life refresher course or occasional reference guide. Davis is no hagiographer, but he's also not out to topple our national heroes, either. Davis's America is as it should be: a noble experiment with as many embarrassments as points of pride. "

" It sounded so good from the cover -- it was going to be humorous, witty and contain little known and interesting facts about US history. It was a good review of the history of our nation but I was a bit disappointed. "