Companion to the Old Testament by Ted Leach is exactly as it
sounds. It is the companion guides to
help a reader better understand the history, culture, languages of the Old
Testament with other religions. The
publisher describes it as “This book helps Christians
understand how the Old Testament is “community property” shared by Jews,
Christians and Muslims. It is a constructive resource for interfaith
discussion, particularly for people of different faiths (or no faith) who are
seeking to identify some shared principles of our common humanity.”
I think this book would be great for a religions
scholar to have on their shelf but I found most of it too difficult to
understand. Not necessarily the concepts
but the way it was written. I felt like
I was in a lecture hall with a professor that knew he was smarter than all of
us teaching his pupils how ignorant they were on the subject. It I don’t think that’s how the author meant
it but that’s how I felt. I felt wrong
for having different opinions on subjects he discussed.
All in all I do not think I will be recommending
this book to any of my friends and family.
Note: I was given a copy of this book to read and
review. The opinions above are my own
and I was not compensated for a positive review.
