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Here is the entire story of the Bible, narrated by master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. This great historical novel dramatizes the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of this ancient book come alive and vivid in dialogue.

商品の詳細

• Amazon.co.jp ランキング: #213919 / 本
• 発売日: 2000-06
• 版型: 文庫
• 446 ページ

内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
聖書に納められた無数の小さな物語が、壮大な絵巻物のように統一性を与えられ、生き生きとした人物描写によって今、よみがえる。百歳で子供を授かるアブラハム、モーセの出エジプト、怪力サムソン、そして悪霊にとりつかれるサウル王―。親子・兄弟の争い、愛と憎しみ、祝福と呪いなど、あらゆる根源的なドラマが繰り広げられる。旧約聖書は、かくも波瀾万丈の人間ドラマだった。

From Publishers Weekly
"This is not the Bible," Wangerin (The Book of the Dun Cow; Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace; etc.) says of this newest work. But it is a novel featuring many of the Bible's most dramatic characters. He partitions the whole into eight parts: half focus on personalities (The Ancestors, Kings, Prophets, The Messiah), and half concern themselves with epic themes (The Covenant, The Wars of the Lord, Letters From Exile, The Yearning). Retelling the stories of the Bible in novelized form allows Wangerin to be more selective: no slogging through seemingly endless genealogies or the minutiae of military conflicts for him. Instead, he imagines the finer points of the tension between Sarah and her slave, Hagar; the words Isaac might have used in blessing Jacob; or the drama of Jesus's baptism by his cousin, John. In doing so, he also makes some curious inventions. Does Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, become a justifiably more interesting character, for instance, if he is presented as willingly making nails for the evil ruler Herod to use in crucifixions? For adult readers who are intimidated by the sheer bulk of the Bible, or for those who desire a novelist's different perspective on some very familiar stories, Wangerin is likely to be a welcome voice; for others, however, the novel will feel like an ornate but pale imitation of a great book.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
The Winner of the 1997 Christianity Today Book Award--Now in Softcover Since its release in February 1996, The Book of God has sold over 165,000 copies and appeared consistently on the Publishers Weekly and ECPA best-seller lists. It was selected for the 1997 Christianity Today Book Award and is a Gold Medallion finalist. It has garnered the praises of Christian and secular critics alike. Truly, it is an amazing book. But then, as those familiar with Walter Wangerin Jr. know, amazing is what you'd expect when this master storyteller brings his gift to bear on the Story of all stories--the Bible. The result is more than magnificent--it's momentous. Here is the entire, grand story of the Bible, retold with exciting detail and passionate energy, and peopled with characters that live, breathe, and feel. . . .

The valley beneath her feet was lovely, patchy green and yellow, divided into the plots of the farmers, the wheat and barley just springing up.

Oh, she felt so sad. Yes, and at the same time happy. Excited. Not content, really. Scared.

Mary bowed her head, buried her face in her arms, and wept.

Suddenly a hand seized her shoulder in a very strong grip. In the same instant thunder crashed at her ear. She jumped and would have tumbled from the cliff, but for the hand that held her.

The thunder said, Hail!

Mary opened her eyes, terrified. There was no one there. No one there, no person, no hand at all--but a dazzling pillar of light, its base upon the rocky hill, its pinnacle endless in the heavens.

The light said, Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you. Mary before the angel Gabriel . . . Jesus laughing with a Samaritan woman . . . Wangerin portrays human faces and emotions, real places and events, to help the reader feel what it was like for each person to be caught up in the events of a particular time and place. >From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, The Book of God follows the biblical story in chronological order. Priests and kings, apostles and prophets, common folk and charismatic leaders--individual stories offer glimpses into an unfolding revelation that reaches across the centuries to touch us today.

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旧約聖書がやさしくわかりやすくなりました。
母に薦められて読んだ本です。旧約聖書の小説仕立てということですが、ちょっと小説？という感じではなかったですね。どちらかというと映画の原作本みたいで、英語の翻訳が固くコナレテいないのであまり読みやすい印象はありませんでした。ですが、内容はなかなかに臨場感があり、目の前で聖書の物語が見えるように展開されていて楽しめます。おじいさんとおばあさんに子供が出来るあたり、そして子供の出来ない夫婦の悩み、若い代替妻に嫉妬する本妻など、旧約聖書に登場する女性達は非常に人間的です。ダビデ王もイケメンでなかなか読ませます。

楽しく面白くキリスト教世界を勉強してみたい方におすすめの入門書です。

まるで映画を見ているような臨場感
聖書は何度か読みましたが、ここまで分かりやすいものには初めて出会いました。有名なシーンをまるで映画で見ているようにどんどんひきこまれていきました。

ユダヤがユダヤになる過程 -歴史ドラマとしての聖書
いま聖書がマイブームなのですが、これこそが今回の
ブームの火付け役の本のひとつ。

上巻のスタートはアブラハムがかわす神との契約。
アブラハムとモーセの神との契約がメインに描かれ、
下巻はその神の契約後に繁栄し、イスラエルの王に
なった歴代のユダヤ人のドラマが描かれます。

王と王たちの繰り広げる陰謀、野望、男達のドラマ。

聖書とは思えないほど生き生きと描かれ進むストーリ
ーにドンドンはまっていきます。
若かったころに美貌、知性、才能、魅力のすべてを備
え、瞬く間に王に上りつめるダビデが人生の後半には
寂しく、悲しい末期を迎える人間ドラマには感嘆。

旧約は基本的にはユダヤ人がいかにしてユダヤ人にな
ったか、というルーツを系図とともにたどることので

きる”歴史書”ですが、神とか歴史とか関係なく、普
通に読んでも十分面白いと思います。わたしは宗教画
が好きなので、「絵画で読む聖書」など、絵画からの
アプローチをしている本と並行して読みましたが、す
ごく面白かったです。