Messengers of God

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For a Christian, this is a glimpse into the Midrash or what I would call Jewish folktales. It's a really good book but be prepared to open your min... (show more)

For a Christian, this is a glimpse into the Midrash or what I would call Jewish folktales. It's a really good book but be prepared to open your mind to a new take on biblical stories. (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

Strange read. A completely foreign take on very familiar stories. I don't think I could be swayed to Judaism. Or, at least, not to Elie Wiesel's... (show more)

Strange read. A completely foreign take on very familiar stories. I don't think I could be swayed to Judaism. Or, at least, not to Elie Wiesel's vision of it. (show less)

 

 

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  Drawing heavily on Midrashic sources, Elie Wiesel, explores the many imaginative and human sides of various characters from the Hebrew Bible. He also lets us in on some of his own nagging questions concerning these remarkable and well loved narratives. Not bad but only a small portion of the book truly excited me.

   

  by Adam T. Arn on May 25, 2009 at 07:59PM

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  Wiesel is has summarized and organized extra-biblical stories around key figures in the Hebrew Bible. This book should be read by Christians in the hope that it relieves our anxieties around reading the bible to find out "what it really means," and allows us to be imaginative about the gaps in the biblical narrative.

   

   

  by Michael Beck on Jul 12, 2008 at 04:20PM

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