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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The two I enjoyed most were both non-fiction; one of which was a golden oldie written over 18 centuries ago:
• Meditations by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was a re-read, but the first time as an audiobook. Audio is not the best medium for a book of this type, if only for the fact that you can't stop every few minutes and underline another one of his pearls of wisdom, and it's the last time I'll read it in that format.
• Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them) was another wonderful and well-researched book by Bart D. Ehrman. I've never been disappointed with any book written by this eminent U.S. Bible scholar.
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Of an amusing note, I went to UNC-Chapel Hill when Ehrman was the faculty chair of the religion department. He alienated almost his entire faculty and it resulted in the department and degree program almost being shut down. My wife was majoring in religion at the time and she had to drop the major because there were so few classes to take. He lost the chair and the department has since recovered. Many freshman felt like he felt joy in trying to destroy faith. I am indifferent to the man and his writing, but I can tell you that he is a hurricane in the classroom - in every sense of the word: incredible to watch from afar, but somewhat destructive in person.