I went way too cheap by far ($26)–the writing is very small. I could read it, but it would be a painful process. I think I am going to give this to one of the kids and spend enough money to get a hardbound version with bigger print. Just reading that first paragraph in Genesis makes me wish I spoke Hebrew (almost as much as I am now wishing I could speak first/second century Greek. I am really glad I got it though because it is pretty much like looking at art with the different alphabets. And, because it is Hebrew, the book starts at what would be the back of an English language book. I should have thought of that.