Walking The Bible was published in 2001. It was written by Bruce Feiler, a man who was trying to understand his Jewish roots by traveling through the lands of the Old Testament. (The Jews call the first 5 books of the Old Testament, The Torah.) Feiler walks in the very places Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, and Moses walked. He stands at the hypothetical location of the burning bush and stands at the shores of the Sea of Reeds, where the Israelites crossed on dry ground. Mr. Feiler points out interesting facts about the men whose stories are told in the Torah. They’re more than interesting; they’re insightful. Of Abraham, he writes, “Abraham was not originally the man he became. He was not an Israelite, he was not a Jew. He was not even a believer in God- at least initially. He was a traveler, called by some voice not entirely clear that said: God, head to this land, walk along this route, and trust what you will find.” Of the wilderness, Mr. Feiler writes, “It makes sense to me that the desert is where most of the great religions were born. More than any other place, it gives you time for thinking about spiritual things.”

Walking The Bible may be one of the most important books I ever read. It opened the world of the Old Testament in a way nothing had before. It made me understand that if you try to remove Judaism and Jewish thinking from the Old Testament, you will never understand it properly. It’s like trying to learn how to make an omelet without ever scrambling an egg. Because I read this book almost 2 decades ago, preaching from the Old Testament has become a
passion.
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