Review by blaireth -- Roadmap to the End of Days

[blaireth]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Roadmap to the End of Days" by Daniel Friedmann.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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Roadmap to the End of Days by Daniel Friedmann could be a really authoritative, striking
book. I felt, though, that it fell short. I will begin by saying that I never read the first two books by
Friedmann. He makes clear in the introduction of Roadmap to the End of Days that reading this book does
not hinge upon having read the first two books (The Genesis One Code and The Broken Gift). I
quite agree with his assertion.

As well, I should note that this is one of the few instances in the book that I do
agree with. Roadmap to the End of Days is very concise. It does not just delve straight into speaking of
the End of Days without first defining and, even more importantly, giving great history. Besides this, Friedmann
does an excellent job of giving links to definitions for many terms used in the back of the book. There are also
excellent links to excellent end notes. I am not Jewish so while many Jews many understand the terminology and even are familiar with some references, I am not. Being able to look terms and references up as I read was very helpful.

I admitted above that I had not read the first two books. To reiterate, I believe Mr. Friedmann was correct in his claim that Roadmap to the End of Days was concise enough in itself that it did not require reading the prequels first. At the same time, I think that it was too concise. The book is 168 pages long. More than 100 of those pages are historical. Yes, we cannot get to the end of days without what comes before so one might conjecture that it would require a great amount of examination. At the same time, if the subject of the end of days (which Friedmann did not give a great idea we had reached yet) is important as to be meritorious of being part of the title of his third book, I would believe it should have been given much more examination time than it was.

We are told that the end of days will come upon certain events coming. We are shown Jewish graphs indicating that the end of days could happen “here” or “here”. We are told about Jewish definitions of the end of days being quite different than what Christians or Muslims see it as being. But what the end of days is, was a little too obscure for me. What will happen, who will be involved, what meaning it will hold, etc. It is possible that I misunderstood the central theme of the book. I have heard of “end times” in Christian thought. It is not the very end but what comes just before the very end.

It is possible the end of days here is actually an endpoint and destination, not a time period before the very end. Though not an unenjoyable read, reading hinged a lot up being Jewish and understanding the things Friedmann did not say. For this reason I gave it 2 out of 4 stars.

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