As one who prefers a quiet, low holy Mass to a sung, high holy Mass, the above book by Bear Grylls is ideal though he unlike myself, must have read most if not all, of the biblical New Testament and fairly speedily, for writing his biblical accounts.
The book is not lengthy being but 277 pages long. My oldest son's schooldays reader's version of the New Testament part of the Roman Catholic The New Jerusalem Bible is even shorter at 269 pages.
In the version by Bear Grylls the biblical accounts are spoken by 5 different characters from the time: Mary, Thomas, Simon and John. The accounts are straightforward and contain the doubts and questions that we would probably have had as eye witnesses had we been present.
Unsurprisingly the book is a best seller and is likely to remain so for some while.
According to Wikipedia:
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls OBE is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper. He holds several world records...
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