Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book But Never Learned

By Kenneth C. Davis

A long, tedious, unfunny "investigation" into why everything in the Bible is wrong.  I kept waiting to actually learn something new, but all I learned is that Davis doesn't believe in the Bible, pushes his liberal views, and states over & over again that the Bible can't possibly be true because archaeological findings don't match up.  I've read other books by Davis and enjoyed them, so this was a letdown.  The background of the Dead Sea Scrolls was interesting, along with the Jewish vs Christian ordering of the Old Testament books.  Otherwise, UGH

The Red Tent: A Novel

By Anita Diamant

The story of Dinah, the sister of the male "Twelve Tribes" mentioned in the Old Testament, and daughter to Jacob.  It dramatizes the short yet violent Bible verses concerning Dinah's life, using a loose knowledge of life in ancient times.

I know several people that loved this book, but to be honest, I skipped the middle & read the end.  The writing style bothered me, the plot bothered me, and the characters bothered me.  Some reviewers said this wasn't a feminist book, but there were no sympathetic, moral, male characters... they were weak, violent, and petty.  Sorry to say, the whole story was pretty ridiculous.