This book is one of the single most influential books of my life. It looks like a textbook, perhaps because it is. Don't read it like a textbook. Read through it as if it were a novel, absorb every minute detail. Read and re-read passages that are beautiful. The high-res images of illuminated manuscripts are unbelievable. The way Christopher DeHamel sticks to facts is a welcome breath amidst a world of anger and hostility and defensiveness. This book was the start of a quest. This book sparked my interest in Biblical archeology and in the preservation of Biblical manuscripts. This book is a work of art in itself. Christopher DeHamel scholasticism is not haughty and self righteous but confident and assured.
Friday, September 22, 2006
The Book
This book is one of the single most influential books of my life. It looks like a textbook, perhaps because it is. Don't read it like a textbook. Read through it as if it were a novel, absorb every minute detail. Read and re-read passages that are beautiful. The high-res images of illuminated manuscripts are unbelievable. The way Christopher DeHamel sticks to facts is a welcome breath amidst a world of anger and hostility and defensiveness. This book was the start of a quest. This book sparked my interest in Biblical archeology and in the preservation of Biblical manuscripts. This book is a work of art in itself. Christopher DeHamel scholasticism is not haughty and self righteous but confident and assured.
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