conceived, selected, redacted, arranged, worked, and in part written by A. C. Grayling
1st U.S. ed
New York :
Walker,
2011
597 p. ;
25 cm
Genesis -- Wisdom -- Parables -- Concord -- Lamentations -- Consolations -- Sages -- Songs -- Histories -- Proverbs -- The Lawgiver -- Acts -- Epistles -- The Good
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"...Grayling has distilled the work of hundreds of authors and more than one thousand texts using the same techniques...that produced the holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. Their wit and advice, human stories, tragedies and yearnings, love and consolations are shaped into fourteen constituent parts that recall the Bible in structure: Genesis, Wisdom, Parables, Concord, Lamentations, Consolations, Sages, Songs, Histories, Proverbs, The Lawgiver, Acts, Epistles, and The Good...For a secular age in which many find that religion no longer speaks to them, 'The Good Book' is a literary tour de force..."--Dust jacket