This book challenged me to look at the Bible not as a religious rulebook but as a contract with a people — and to ask questions about identity, lineage, and history that I’d never been pushed to consider before. Even as someone who doesn’t practice Christianity or any religion, I found myself engaged because it doesn’t ask you to believe a denomination — it asks you to read the text honestly and decide for yourself. It made me rethink what I thought I already knew, and that’s not easy to do.`