More Bible Matrix Reviews
Gede Major from Iowa has posted a couple of favourable reviews on amazon.com
Bible Matrix
A Good Reference Tool and Curiosity Ignitor
The Bible Matrix is a great introduction to significant patterns and connections in the Bible. Bull does a good job of simplifying and graphically presenting these patterns in a way that brings the reader in a rapid way into a world of new vistas they might not have had any idea about.
Reading Bible Matrix might feel like getting blasted with a fire hose. To mix metaphors, Bull ushers you into a house that might be somewhat unfamiliar to many readers, and he gives you the fast tour. This has its drawbacks, but also its benefits. Readers get a big picture view of complex structural beauties of the Bible which prepares readers for closer inspection arguments elsewhere (or within the Bible Matrix itself on second reading). And it will definitely pique your interest into exploring the rooms more closely.
One drawback of this kind of presentation is that sometimes the connections Bull asserts are not thoroughly articulated and the reader is left having to take his word for it how one type of pattern relates to the other.
I often use the Bible Matrix as a quick reference to get my bearings on where I am in my studies in relation to certain patterns and structures. The graphic design of the book lends itself to this kind of reference usage.
Bible Matrix II: The Covenant Key
Bull Illuminates Fascinating Themes from the Bible
In The Covenant Key, Bull goes into more detail about themes from his first book. He brings his insights into the key patterns and structures of the Bible to developing themes associated with God’s covenant relationship with his people and his covenantal dealings in Biblical history.
Similar to the first book, Bull covers a lot of ground and tries to pack it in and organize it in graphic ways in order to bring as much as he can as quickly and simply as he can to his readers. And similar to the first book this comes with its advantages and disadvantages. In one sense he is attempting an impossible task, these things are too big to be comprehensibly handled in this way. But Bull’s intention isn’t to do it all. And if the reader realizes that the book can’t do it all on the front end there is a ton of great stuff in here to learn from, enjoy, and be tantalized by. There is much that will challenge you and compel you to search out more, which is a good thing. Bull makes reading theology books fun and exciting (if not also frustrating, wanting more footnotes and/or appendices).
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