I'm as shocked as all of you are that my name somehow stayed on this project - I kept waiting for the editors to pull it all the way up until it was published. Alas, I somehow fooled them into believing that I actually know things about the Old Testament and... stuff!
The fact that I was a contributor says a whole lot about my co-writer (and editor of the series), Alex, and far less about me. Alex has been one of my biggest champions and cheerleaders. I wouldn't be where I am without his professional mentorship, and I'm grateful to him for believing in me.
Here are five more things you need to know about this commentary:
1. Alex Varughese may be a giant of an Old Testament scholar, but he needed my celebrity status to really sell this book.
2. Jesus endorsed this commentary, but we had to cut his foreword because we were limited in space.
3. I finished my section a whole year in advance of the due date because I looked at the date wrong (as far as "fails" go, I'm sure glad it was early instead of late). This mistake's the making of a horror movie: the manuscript has been haunting me and tormenting me ever since. Now that this book is published, I can finally lay that ghost to rest... I think.
4. Fundamentalists break three commandments just thinking about this commentary (four if it's read in conjunction with Joseph Coleson's work on Genesis 1-11).
5. The green spine looks really great on your shelf, so even if you never open it, you'll have great home decor!
My section is the Joseph stories (chs. 37-50), so if you find any typos in this section... it's all on me.
And if you do happen to learn something from reading it... it's all on God.
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