Reviews for Christians: An Illustrated History

The average rating for Christians: An Illustrated History based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-12 00:00:00 Samson Mfalila This book has: 1) a conversational tone, 2) a lot of trivia I didn't know beforehand, and 3) a good sense of humor. However, there were more photos than illustrations, and I thought the layout needs more organization to highlight key figures and events. Overall, still a good read for Holy Week, or anytime :) Everything I read in 2020 here :)

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-22 00:00:00 Todd Nichols Not a bad general overview of classical mythology. The book looks more closely at the Greek than the Roman stories. It doesn't indicate anywhere that this is a reference book for children, but it's written simply enough that a middle-schooler could read and understand it easily. The myths have also been "cleaned up" to remove any references of sex, which does change the feel and understanding of the stories (eg: Zeus is said to go "play with the nymphs" when he was actually sleeping with a whole bunch of them in a myriad of forms). For anyone who has any basic understanding of Greek mythology, this book will honestly be too simple to be of any use. Someone who wants a really quick introduction to classic mythology will find it useful, but be aware that these are very simplified, white-washed versions of the original myths.