Review of Genesis

[Anonymous No.16077730]

Just finished Genesis. Overall a great book. With many fun adventures across Isreal. Characters were memorable because of their flaws, and it is adorable how God keeps helping them regardless of how many mistakes they make.
The books ends solemnly with the deaths of Jacob and Joseph. I couldn't help but feel sad that the wild ride had come to an end.
There were some silly parts. Like Noah drinking naked, Lot's daughters getting him drunk to sleep with him, and Jacob actually making his dad think he was Esau. I honestly think these were lighthearted moments, meant as jokes more than anything.
The book as a whole feels like a collection of stories parents told their kids to explain the world around them. How it came to be, why we wear clothes, why there are many languages, the geography and names of all the places in the region, and a dive into the behaviors and flaws of humans.
This collection, which came together from the oral traditions of the tribes that gathered to form the Jewish people, is strung together into a flowing narrative, with our good friend and all too human God as it's beating heart. It feels like I have spoken with spirits of peoples long gone. I met them and learned about their hopes, their dreams, their worries, and their humanity.

[Anonymous No.16077735]

it's barely 50 pages

[Anonymous No.16077738]

>>16077730
Great review, anon. I'm glad you had fun. I wish I could see the book like you can

[Anonymous No.16077811]

>>16077738
>become a better reader
Git gud

[Anonymous No.16077829]

>>16077730
Do you recite this review as you chainsaw hookers in your loft apartment?

[Anonymous No.16077856]

>>16077738
How do you see the book? You should remember that this isn't some weird propaganda written by one person. Many families from many tribes contributed their stories and traditions and it was all unified. It is a book of many peoples and you should read it remembering its context and demographic.

If you just found it boring I can understand that. Try an audiobook maybe.

[Anonymous No.16077860]

>>16077730
Job is way better

[Anonymous No.16077867]

>>16077829
No faggot, American Psycho is 3 decades old. Move on.

[Anonymous No.16077870]

>>16077856
It wasn't unified very well. You can tell the final version was signed off on by a committee.

[Anonymous No.16077872]

>>16077867
Nice dodge. You won't answer the question because it would incriminate you.

[Anonymous No.16077876]

>>16077870
If the metaphysics of Genesis is uninspiring to you then try another metaphysics that deals w creation. It's remarkable that the big bang, black holes etc has this singular point of creation as well.

[Anonymous No.16077885]

>>16077872
Have sex.

[Anonymous No.16077893]

>>16077876
This and also it's interesting how adam and eve are similar to the hunter-gatherer phase morphing to sedentary. If you can't understand the framework well then read parmenides/heraclitus/plato/Aristotle

[Anonymous No.16078579]

>>16077893
I watched Jordan Peterson doing his metaphysical lecture on the bible.
He said the snake represents humanity's consciousness, and he tied to to how humans had to develop large brains so that their eyesight would be good enough to see snakes, and so it is through snakes that humans became intelligent and conscious.

[Anonymous No.16078719]

>>16077730
I like the one book compilation that works like the gundam compilation movies

[Anonymous No.16078765]

>>16078579
Jbp is a psychologist and is interested in myths. I'm not sure how metaphysically accurate that is unless all humans used snakes in their creation myth. Snakes and spiders have been our natural predators for hundreds of millions of years. I don't think the snake is meant to represent us.