Not For Seasoned Biblical Student
927946
Title incongruous with content. Redundant; too many 'personal self-help' examples. Perhaps best suited for a new believer with little or no biblical study.
4245330
The explanations of hebrew grammar and sounds are much too difficult to understand in this "introduction". I spent more time trying to learn all of his transliterations and grammatical terms than I did actually learning the Hebrew. In fact, from the start in his sounds and spelling section he doesn't even give you the Hebrew characters! This might be all well and dandy if this was spanish or something but this is Biblical Hebrew, the main point is to be able to read and understand it instead of pronouncing it. I found that after a little study I could pronounce  many things but I couldn't tell you how they looked on paper.<
912912
I was not a fan of the way this topic was handled.  The topic itself is too Biblically based to have the book be so far off base Biblically.  If we are going to write about this topic we need to keep close to the Scriptural basis.
3081826
Since this is a summary of a larger book it would not satisfy any serious student of the Bible. Perhaps for the occasional Bible reader, average church member, it would suffice. Go to the larger book, Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges.
1695738
This book wasn't for me.  I am the kind of person who does not care for being preached at or having a ton of biblical quotes given to me and the book began far too strong for me.  I have no problems with religion but a sermon is not what I am looking for in a book.  I do certainly understand some of the passages they have pointed out and agree that they fit the bill for changing your life f you apply them to your life, however, the amount of passage quoting and preaching in the beginning of the book was too much of a distraction for me to get into the book.  If you don't mind the bible passages and God is great then you will likely enjoy this book.  If you, like me, are investigating your exact beliefts, it may be a little much.  It is probably my fault for not researching the authors before hand- if I had learned who they were I may have know this wouldn't be the book for me.
2029007
I agree with the commenters who said the stories are too wordy and the pictures need improvement, but my greatest concern relates to the sloppy paraphrasing of our Lord's words.  In many cases, the changes are significant and change the meaning of the original text.

For example, the Great Commission: "Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. ..." Matthew 28:18-20a (NIV)

Compare that to the paraphrase from the Jesus Storybook Bible: "Go everywhere and tell everyone the happy news!"

By leaving baptism out of the paraphrase, the author removes one of the clearest references of our Lord instituting the sacrament of Holy Baptism.  To reduce the Great Commission from preaching and baptizing to preaching alone is unacceptable.

Another example of this occurs when our Lord institutes Holy Communion.

From Matthew: "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."  Matthew 26:26-28 (NIV)

or from Luke: "And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."  In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:19-20 (NIV)

Compare that with the paraphrase from the Jesus Storybook Bible: "My body is like this bread.  It will break." Jesus told them.  "This cup of wine is like my blood.  It will pour out."

In none of the gospel accounts does our Lord say his body is "like" the bread.  He say "this is my body."  Nor does he say the wine is "like" his blood.  Again, this loose paraphrase changes the meaning in significant ways.

There are more examples of this.  I have cited two that seemed particularly troubling to me.

I recommend instead&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Big-Picture-Story-Bible/dp/1581342772/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Big Picture Story Bible</a>.  I bought both.  I will be returning the Jesus Storybook Bible and keeping the Big Picture Storybook Bible.
4414386
Disappointed. If you're an avid bible reader who wants to feel the difference reading older enlgish-translations, this edition is NOT for you. Just too modern, with all due respect to Mr. Daniell. The modernization robs you of what an old first translation should give you.  I am almost through the entire Wycliffe NT, with the old English spellings and all, which is far better. If I would ever order another Tyndale, it will be a faxmille version. I can live with the Latin calligraphy. It's better than getting another "modern" bible version. Hope this helps somebody.
3175124
For serious Biblical scholars only. You must have a background in Koine Greek as well as textual criticism. A must have book for
your theological library
1509334
The potential reader should understand this book is not a scholarly treatment of the problems of translation and the difficulty in assessing ancient manuscripts to determine what is authentic and what was added by later writers.

David W. Daniels begins with the premise that the King James Version of the Bible (the KJV) is the only correct one and that other translations are in error, and then uses comparison between the KJV and other translations in an attempt to validate his argument. I can't list here all the types of logical fallacies this is.

For example, Mr. Daniels cites the removal of Acts 8:37 from later English translations as proof that those translations are wrong and the KJV is right. (1) Mr. Daniels ignores the scholarly study that was done to reach the conclusion that verse 37 was a later insertion, and (2) Mr. Daniels uses Christian doctrine to critique Scripture...when he is trying to argue that we should only derive doctrine FROM Scripture (albeit a singular version of Scripture).

This book is the reverse of the way a pursuer of Jesus should approach both the Bible and the teachings of the Church, and the reader should be advised to read cautiously and guardedly.
60553
Interesting subject, but this book is written for a theologian not a layperson like myself.
3586992
Too much emotionalism, too little Bible is why I give this book only 2 stars.  The problem is that Pinnock and others have gone off the deep end in their loathing of Calvinism and have denied to God some of His basic attributes as given in the Bible.  I agree that God does change His mind, but this does not have to imply that He is not omniscient.  But as I said, this book presents a glut of emotionalism when it should be presenting a glut of Bible.  I wish Mr. Pinnock and others had done a better job of presenting a case against Calvinism, as it is not hard to do if you know your Bible.
1790481
I found this book to lack depth, perhaps it is the lack of education on behalf of the author. The author is a novice.
I have read several books about the Messiah, the Christ or the Anointed One. I have further read books about the nature of God, including His substance, nature and purpose.
I would avoid this book, it struggles to keep your attention and has a difficult time staying focused.
2159950
I agree wholeheartedly that the study and examination of the Old Testament and its theology is vitally important to the Christian today.  I also believe that it is both much maligned and ignored by the majority of Christians as the author states.  I believe this is due to our ignorance and arrogance.  It appears that most Christians, especially in this country, believe that we have become the chosen people - the favored nation - rather than Israel as shown in the Word.  This being said, I did not enjoy this book for a variety of reasons.  First, I found the language to be difficult to follow (which rarely happens to me) possibly due to being translated from German.  Second, since the book was written based upon essays or lectures from the author, I found it to be rather disjointed which also made it more difficult to follow the thought process.  Lastly, instead of focusing upon the actual theology of the Old Testament, the author devotes much - or most - of his efforts in cataloging various different methods of interpretation of the Old Testament.
117886
This book is not nearly as helpful for me as its New Testament counterpart (which is wonderful).  This book is for someone with a pretty advanced Hebrew vocabulary, as it only glosses rather uncommon words.  I am still at the level where I look up several words per verse (unless its a very simple verse), and sometimes there is not even one word glossed in a given verse.  Also, unlike the New Testament lexicon, it does not have a list of common vocab for each book.  At least for me, it serves no purpose, because I still end up having to look up most of the words I don't know anyway, so by the time I get to a word that may be in the lexicon I have forgotten that it is even there and end up looking it up in the dictionary anyway.
3997091
Disappointing.  If you want to create a god of your own liking, and want to justify taking bits and pieces from the Bible that you like and discarding the rest, then you will enjoy this read. This book takes the Word of God and diminishes it to a 'pick and choose' theology.  Not a faith builder.  I agree that God is big enough to handle our doubts and we should come to Him with our questions but to say that Jesus and didn't mean what they said or that their words were not timeless words meant for us today is disturbing.
4086525
If one is in the seminary studying to be a minister, this book would be all right.  For a person familiar with the Bible, a college graduate with a masters degree, it was very difficult reading.
2857108
Too theological for me. I think God's word is more on the level of the average person to grasp. I didn't finish it.