Che storia, la Bibbia! 28 racconti epici per leggere il mondo

Even before being a book, the Bible is an immense web of stories, thousands of years old. Within it, you can find countless fascinating characters, some of whom you may have already heard: Egyptian pharaohs and Babylonian kings, solitary prophets and fearless warriors, envious brothers, angels acting as secret agents, but also trickster serpents and monstrous fish. All these stories still deeply affect us today. For example, they explain how certain sayings and the days of the week originated. But above all, they attempt to answer the biggest questions we ask ourselves: where do we come from? Why do we fight? And why do we sometimes struggle to understand each other? What is fear? Is it always right to obey? With his engaging style, a master storyteller will take you on an adventurous journey through twenty-eight famous episodes from the Old Testament: from the Creation to Adam and Eve, from Cain and Abel to David and Goliath, from Daniel in the lions’ den to the Great Flood and the Tower of Babel, magnificently illustrated by master Paolo D’Altan. And, discovering wisdom from Solomon or the value of patience from the ravenous Esau—who gave up everything for a bowl of lentils—you will also learn how much the Bible’s most beautiful pages have in common with Greek myths, Italian fairy tales, and the traditions of distant peoples. A demonstration of how human beings resemble one another beyond time, culture, and religion. Because, ultimately, it doesn’t matter where certain stories come from: what matters is that they continue to tell us something true about ourselves. Because to understand the world and ourselves, there is nothing more precious than a great story.