Reflections on "The Good Book"

After having just read most of the first chapter of the book and the introduction, I found Plotz's viewpoint to be quite refreshing. Several times I laughed out loud at his satirical commentary on the book of Genesis, and the Bible in general. I remember last semester in Emergent Lit, the Bible was mentioned to be the most popular book in the world, but on the flip side, it's one very few people actually finished or understood. My experience with the Bible, as I found to be similar to Plotz's, is one of general hearsay if you will. I compare it to my knowledge of the book my Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In that I knew the book existed and I knew its basic premise but never actually sat down and read it. Until last semester when I actually did sit down and read the whole thing. I found it to be a kind of second reading, due to my knowledge of it prior to this occasion. As I read the Bible for this class I find it also to have this kind of impact on me but with a more profound sense of interest. Not only will I read about the classes reading experience, but also Plotz's, and my own as well and this will all relate to me prior knowledge of this epic book. I find that Plotz's way of describing his thoughts and reflections on the Bible to be a way lowering it from the pedestal I knew it to reside on. The way he relates it to his life, television, shows, and society in general to be a refreshing look. With this in mind I feel I'll be able to better understand this daunting text, and furthermore relate it the my life and this beautiful world around me, because that's what books are supposed to do right?