Ad Infinitum

by By Nicholas Ostler

Walker & Company. 400p $27.95

Primum omnium (first of all) monita quaedam (a few words of warning): this book is not for the completely Latinless reader. (Though almost all the Latin tags and texts are translated, many sections will baffle or bore anyone without at least a few faded memories of amo, amas, amat.) While popularly packagedwith a subtitle echoing Jack Miless fine survey of the Hebrew Bible, This article appears in March 24 2008.