THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MOSES: What My Jewish Friends Taught Me About Jesus

"God loves an honest question," writes Dickson in what might be the thesis statement of this Bible-study-cum-interfaith book, a respectful exploration of what Christians might learn from their Jewish neighbors. For the last six years, Dickson, a CBA novelist whose latest fiction offering (They Shall See God) also featured some profound themes of Jewish-Christian dialogue, has participated in a Saturday morning Bible study at a local Reform synagogue. At first, he was horrified by the penetrating questions flying across the room, but he was also electrified by the candor. He felt himself drawing closer to God as he began examining his own assumptions. Dickson writes well, sprinkling the book with enough personal anecdotes to lend insight to the heavier textual analyses. (May)