{"id":2288,"date":"2021-11-12T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedesertsanctuary\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2021-11-12T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:13:18","slug":"the-genesis-of-violence-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedesertsanctuary\/2021\/11\/the-genesis-of-violence-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genesis of Violence &#8211; A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>My friend, Matthew Distefano has released another book.\u00a0 But, this one is quite different.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a work of art and quite creative.\u00a0 He and another friend of his essentially illustrated the book of Genesis.\u00a0 Here is the official description from the book cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The biblical book of Genesis is a violent masterpiece. Deception. Treachery. Murder. But it is also a book of redemption, forgiveness, and reconciliation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In\u00a0<em>The Genesis of Violence<\/em>, author Matthew J. Distefano and artist Zak Parsons collaborate on a one-of-a-kind creative project that details and highlights the main themes of the book of Genesis. From the fall of humankind, to the murder of one brother at the hands of another, this work of art explores it all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To see the <a href=\"http:\/\/quoir.com\/the-genesis-of-violence.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">landing page<\/a> and order, click here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/quoir.com\/the-genesis-of-violence.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Genesis of Violence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the cover!\u00a0 I love it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2293\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/1333\/2021\/11\/Coer-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The landing page has a great preview video<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Genesis of Violence (by Matthew J. 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