Matthew Connor Sullivan

Readers wishing to embark on an illustrated introduction to the Bible would be better served by National Geographic's The Biblical World: An Illustrated Atlas, which is superior on all counts.

Aimed at readers more familiar with historian Peter Brown, notable biographer of St. Augustine, than Dan Brown, this erudite work will be of interest to academic seminarians and theologians, as well as those seeking a historically sound Christian interpretation of Constantine. Those interested in history alone, however, would be better served by one of Leithart's own preferred sources, Timothy D. Barnes's Constantine and Eusebius.