Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

The lessons the author learned in this book about the relationship between place and the spirit will be useful for readers of every religious tradition that finds its origins in the Bible, and instructive for travelers to the area.

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

By Bruce Feiler
The author embarks on a 10,000-mile trek from Mount Ararat to Mount Nebo for reasons he did not initially understand. He suggests that his journey parallels somewhat that of Abraham:

"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, 'Go, head to this land, walk along this route, and trust what you will find'."

Feiler, a fifth-generation American Jew from the South, had felt no particular attachment to the Holy Land. Yet during his journey, his previously abstract faith grew more grounded.

"I began to feel a certain pull from the landscape....It was a feeling of gravity. A feeling that I wanted to take off all my clothes and lie face down in the soil."

Feiler's attentiveness, intelligence, and adventurousness enliven every page of this book.
And the lessons he learned about the relationship between place and the spirit will be useful for readers of every religious tradition that finds its origins in the Bible, and instructive for travelers to Jordan. 496 pages. Softcover. 2005.
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