Belief in the One male God of Judaism; Christianity and Islãm can be traced back for something over 2;500 years to the time when the Hebrew scripture of Genesis was compiled in the 6th century BC. The narrative content of Genesis was clearly derived from older traditions but; on the face of it; we have no documentary evidence from any other source of a monotheistic culture in respect of this particular God from before that date. In The Origin of God; written but not published before his untimely death in August 2010; Laurence Gardner; author of the international bestsellers Bloodline of the Holy Grail; Genesis of the Grail Kings and Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark; undertakes a biographical exploration of the deiform character variously known as Yahweh; Allãh; or simply The Lord. He seeks to uncover and evaluate His original identity; as against His eventual religiously motivated portrayals. Beginning with documents that pre-date the Bible; Laurence Gardner's final quest was to discover from all available sources what evidence there is; if any; to support the long-standing and widespread notion of God's existence; posing the question: If the Bible had never been written; would we know about God from any more original source?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. More Courage Than Skill....By HMS WarspiteFrederick Myatt's "British Sieges of the Peninsular War" is a concise; thoughtful and highly readable account of the formal sieges conducted by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War. Wellington's Army famously survived years of mobile warfare against the superior numbers of the Imperial French Army; but endured a painful learning curve and mixed results in siege warfare.Myatt begins with an explanatory chapter on Napoleonic era siegecraft; augmented by a short glossary of terms in the back of the book. He then describes the three separate siege campaigns against Badajos and the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Three minor siege actions are covered in a single chapter before Myatt plunges into an extended examination of Burgos in 1812. He concludes with the dramatic siege of San Sabastian in 1813.Myatt is evenhanded in his examination of Wellington's successes and failures. Wellington had limited experience of formal sieges and a small corps of engineers to plan and execute them. All his siege actions save San Sabastian were conducted under significant time duress. The raw courage of his troops often overcame shortages of time and resources. Myatt details the shortfalls that made Badajos a near disaster and Burgos a failure.This book was first published in 1995; the contents hold up well despite Myatt's confusing Wellington's superb quartermaster George Murray with the General John Murray who lost his siege train at Tarragona in 1813. "British Sieges of the Peninsular War" is richly illustrated with maps; prints; and sketches; and is highly recommended to students of that conflict.
