Walking the Bible (67 page)

B
RUCE
F
EILER
is a contributor to NPR’s
All Things Considered
and writes for
The New York Times Magazine
,
Condé Nast Traveler
, and
Gourmet
. He lives in NewYork City.

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— New York Times Book Review

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Walking the Bible
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— Washington Post Book World

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Praise for

WALKING
the
BIBLE

“Feiler’s accomplishment, and it’s a profound one, is to confront his idea of God as spoken to him by the Bible His trek through biblical history evolves into something far more fundamental, an intellectual and spiritual crusade to find common bond with the lands of his forebears.”

—
San Francisco Chronicle

“An inspirational oasis From the barren land, Feiler emerges, like those whose paths he traces, renewed and transformed.”

—
People

“An enthusiastic travelogue Feiler delivers a wealth of information in an accessible and entertaining format.”

—
New York Times Book Review

“Ranks among the great spiritual autobiographies Feiler, a superb narrator and storyteller with a gentle, ironic sense of humor, also possesses a potent intellect that at moments blazes forth, illuminating everything in its path.”

—
Washington Post Book World

“The perfect read for people who are interested in the Bible and the Middle East.”

—
Jerusalem Post

“[Mr. Feiler] is an excellent guide and a worthy wrestler. He has put an enormous amount of information into this book and has invested it with a keen intellectual curiosity.”

—
New York Times

“Bruce Feiler went looking for proof. He learned that proof doesn’t matter.”

—
USA Today

“Evocative, descriptive, emotionally honest, and often funny [
Walking the Bible
is] for anyone wanting to know something of [the desert’s] terrifying strangeness, haunting beauty, and stark spirituality, as well as its possibilities for the future of Israel and the region.”

—
Christian Science Monitor

“Feiler, not unlike Mark Twain, brings a sharp sense of humor to the whole endeavor.”

—
Los Angeles Times

“A powerful and spiritual pilgrimage
Walking the Bible
is, in every way, marvelous if not indispensable reading for anyone remotely interested in the Torah.”

—
Chicago Sun-Times

“Anyone who cares about the Bible or history or mankind should be grateful to Bruce Feiler. His curiosity is prodigious, his intellect sharp, his legs willing to climb and climb and climb.”

—Stephen J. Dubner, author of
Turbulent Souls

“An engrossing story Anyone planning to visit the Middle East should definitely take at least two books with them—the Bible and this one.”

—
Calgary Herald

“A work of magic Mr. Feiler’s lively writing style, talent for amusing and evocative description, and narrative drive succeed in making the Bible exciting.”

—
Anglican Herald

“Goren and Feiler make for two of the most entertaining traveling buddies since Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.”

—
Jewish Bulletin
(San Francisco)

“How on earth did Bruce Feiler come up with so many new, insightful, witty, and touching things to say about this most ancient of civilized regions?”

—Melissa Fay Greene, author of
Praying for Sheetrock

“
Walking the Bible
is armchair reading with a spiritual bent Combining journalism, analysis of the text, history, memoir, and many interesting digressions, Feiler writes with a sense of poetry about the land.”

—
The Jewish Week

“This book belongs on the shelves next to the classics.”

—
Publishers Weekly
(starred review)

“Full of wonder and awe, yet written from a perspective of reasoned inquiry,
Walking the Bible
delightfully proves that the rational and the mystical can exist side by side, each contributing to the understanding of personal and cultural religious heritage.”

—
Booklist
(starred review)

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Credits

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2001 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

WALKING THE BIBLE. Copyright © 2001 by Bruce Feiler. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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First Perennial edition published 2002.

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