If you are going to read this blog, at least buy the
book. Buy it here. Or at your local bookstore. Whatever.
Hardbound, with dusk jacket.
About 300 pages. Book design was
done by Caroline Cunningham, who I know nothing about. The two illustrations in the book, one of a
map of the First Century Palestine, the other an illustration of the Temple in
Jerusalem, illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro, who I believe has illustrated
everything, from Anne Rice companion books to the Joy of Cooking. The pages smell good.
Besides the title page, copyright page, “Other books by Reza
Aslan..”, there is a table of contents, author’s note, introduction, a time
line (chronology), acknowledgments, notes, a bibliography and an index. The contents are divided into three parts.
Liked the illustrations, the formatting looks good. The problem I have is with the lack of
embedded notes within the text itself.
This sort of bothers me, but I am eager to see what he did with placing
extensive explanatory notes in its own section. My initial angst is about reading the chapter,
then reading the notes that apply to that chapter. Is this how they do it in the
humanities? Or is this a requirement of
the publishers to make the book less academic looking for wider audience
appeal? I don’t know. We will see how it works as we go along.
Also, don't have oily fingers when handling the dust jacket. Fingerprints easily.
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