Subtitled "The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote The Bible," this is an engaging biography of Alexander Cruden, who wrote "Cruden's Concordance," a key tool for biblical scholars for more than 200 years.
This book was recommended by a friend. I expected a pretty dry read and was surprised to be dead wrong. This is a well-researched biography which relies on detective work in the original sources rather than rehashing old work. The result is a humane, briskly-written story of the life of a man who, while a tad obsessive, was not the madman he's often portrayed to be. Cruden comes across is a courageous, moral, if somewhat naive man.
I'd recommend this biography.
This book was recommended by a friend. I expected a pretty dry read and was surprised to be dead wrong. This is a well-researched biography which relies on detective work in the original sources rather than rehashing old work. The result is a humane, briskly-written story of the life of a man who, while a tad obsessive, was not the madman he's often portrayed to be. Cruden comes across is a courageous, moral, if somewhat naive man.
I'd recommend this biography.
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