Walking the Bible - Bruce Feiler

Is the Bible just an abstraction or a real living breathing entity? Bruce Feiler attempts to answer this question in Walking the Bible. Part adventure story, part archaeological detective work, part spiritual exploration, this is the account of his perilous 10,000-mile journey across the Middle East in search of the roots of one of mankind's most influential books. Traces Biblical events from the landing of Noah's ark's on Mount Ararat in Turkey to the site of the legendary burning bush overlooking the Promised Land Gathers the latest archaeological research about each site Follows passages of the Bible in their actual settings Explores how geography affects the larger narrative of the Old Testament. Written in vivid, lively prose this is a riveting account of the Bible and exploration of faith.