The magnificent bestseller by the author of the chosen and in the beginning.

Released on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at The bookshelf in my classroom in Cincinnati, Ohio USA.

A great book donated to the bookshelf in my classroom by a great student.

About a year or two ago I read The Chosen. It is a deep novel about the struggles of overcoming a restricting community with a couple of lessons on Jewish history skillfully woven in along the way, but The Promise is a different kind of book entirely. The Promise seems to be more of a novel than The Chosen, which was more along the lines of a lesson on Judaism and humanity in the form of a story. So, the bottom line is, while The Promise is quite a good book in its own way and a worthwhile read, it is very different from The Chosen, and it's easy to be disappointed with it. I would actually recommend reading just The Chosen or just The Promise rather than both, since you don’t really need to read both books. They are both good books and I recommend The Promise. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Greg Seyferth