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.