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National Geographic Essential Visual History of the Bible

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I don't know, I think I was expecting a more historically accurate portrayal of the events of biblical history. This was a fairly secular text accentuated by a lot of beautiful art. The artwork is great, but the text is disappointing. Also, the book is very small! I was expecting a more standard sized (8.5 x 11) book.

I picked this up from a sale table because the illustrations were wide-ranging and very interesting. Everything from ancient carvings and illuminated manuscripts to William Blake and the great masters of European religious painting. But NOT A SINGLE WORK OF ART (many of them severely cropped) is identified in the text, captions, in a separate listing or the index. Pretty inexcusable. It still is fun to look at, but very unsatisfactory when one wishes to see a larger or uncropped version. The publishers should at least make a list available online.

Lots of information crammed into this 512 page mini book,a type that the National Geographic is gravitating to. Great art masterpieces, explanations of items that might not be known by the general layman and crossreferences to other personages or events.
If you don't have a lot of room for books, this one will fill the bill.