Sunday, September 19, 2010

Review: Seeds of Turmoil by Bryant Wright

I recently recieved "Seeds of Turmoil" by Bryant Wright from booksneeze.com. If you haven't heard of it, booksneeze allows bloggers to sign up and choose from a variety of books they have available and then they will send you the book free of charge. All you have to do is then review it on your blog and a website where the book is sold (like amazon.com) and that's it! So, here is my very first book review, curtesy of booksneeze.com !

"Seeds of Turmoil" is about the biblical roots of the conflicts in the middle east. Mr. Wright did, in my opinion, a good job of keeping statements fairly unbiased, though he is a Christian, so if you think that you would be offended by reading a book written from a Bible-believing perspective, then this is probably not the book for you. Wright walks the reader through the promise God made to Abraham, as well as how one man's sin really has had a huge shaping on the conflicts in the middle east that we are still seeing to this day. Scripture is inserted into the book often and is explained throughly, as well as alot of secular history of the region and battles over this small, but signifigant piece of land. After going through the history of the region and how Israel came to be a country again, Wright goes on to explain the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives over this land and why it is so signifigant to each group. I learned alot more from this book than I expected to, and having finished it, I would recommend it to a friend. Even if you aren't too familar with the bible or bible names and terminology, there is a glossary in the back of the book and Wright makes everything very easy to understand. Also, for those interested there is a section in the back of the book prepared for if you would like to have a group study using this book. All in all I think this is a fantastic resource, and a very interesting read.

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