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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good place to start,
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This review is from: 735 Baffling Bible Questions Answered (Paperback)
Ok, so you're reading the Bible for the first time, and you've got questions. This book offers you some possible answers. Yes, other critics of this book have other answers... no one said all Christians or Bible scholars agree... but this book does make it simple for you to read what some of the answer may be. Which also allows you to see what fits or doesn't fit with your own understanding of what you're reading in the Bible. No one can say one book is totally right or totally wrong when it comes to making sense of the Bible in today's world... except God. And He's no here right now to right a book, so you'll have to read a few books on your own and come up with your own opinions. I think this book offers a good starting point, an easy style, and answers that do help the novice.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!,
This review is from: 735 Baffling Bible Questions Answered (Paperback)
This book is a must have for anyone who ever questions their faith. I found the book particularly helpful in my ministry here on campus. Sometimes sceptics raise questions that are difficult to answer, more often than not these questions are addressed in this book. This book is a must-have for any Christian, a perfect accompaniment to The Bible!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
simple, but insightful,
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This review is from: 735 Baffling Bible Questions Answered (Paperback)
The following is meant to be a retort to the review by J.B. Patterson (St. Augustine, Florida USA) concerning Larry Richards book, as well as a comment concerning the book itself.
While considering a new book to purchase, and viewing some of Dr. Richards reviews, I took interest at the low rating concerning the book in question which I own and happen to like even though it is simplistic. You display your own presupposition which is obviously antithetical to Biblical inerrancy. You also display your contempt for Dr. Richards in the derogatory and inflammatory comments you make about him personally, as well as his book. A studious person will have flags go up whenever they see that a review was written so inflammatory and emotionally inspired. Rather intending to or not, you come across arrogant and condescending, which does not support your statements or position. This no doubt explains why only 7 out of 17 individuals find your review helpful; maybe you need to rethink how you present yourself and your opinions in reviewing issues which may be important to others. Concerning your assertion, the Documentary Hypothesis is technically referred to as the "Wellhausen Hypothesis," after its creator, Julius Wellhausen who declared that there were four authors of the Pentateuch (Greek for the Hebrew Scriptures - the first 5 books of the Bible, referred to by the Jew as the Torah. The word Pentateuch is taken from the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament Scriptures, the second to third century BC) which presented different styles of writing which are abbreviated by the single letters J, E, D, and P. For the Christian, addressing this heresy is very easy. Jesus Himself referred to all five of the books of the Pentateuch as authored by Moses (a few: Matthew 8:4; 19:7, 8; 23:2; Mark 1:44; 10:3, 4; 7:10; Luke 5:14; 16:19, 31; 20:37; 24:27, 44; John 3:14; 5:39, 45, 46, 6:32; 7:19, 22, 23) with over 165 direct quotes in the New Testament, and over two hundred allusions. If you are a Christian, then you believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, and therefore have no problem trusting what he says about the matter. However, if this is case you have more severe issues to address than 100-year-old hypothesis. You question why Dr. Richards would not give further information concerning this heretical teaching, yet, any mature believer does not present heresies (and others such as the "Deutero-Isaiah Controversy," the issue of the Canon of Scripture and inerrancy, and many others which can be understood with correct hermeneutics, linguistics, and exegesis), wherein new believers might become entangled, potentially to the detriment of their faith. I would spend more time addressing your dubious claims, yet it is apparent you have all the knowledge you think you need. Yet, these words are not written for you specifically, but those that might be persuaded by your perverse comments concerning the Wellhausen Hypothesis, which has unfortunately shaken the faith of many an individual unlearned in the Scripture (or educated at a liberal Bible college or seminary, or an un-Biblical University bent upon its own humanistic presuppositions). The point of Christianity is that "faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). Biblical faith is not achieved by experientialism, but by a thorough, and Spirit led examination of God's Word. When the Bible and it's integrity is attacked, so is Biblical faith. Proverbs 12:15 Dr. Richard's book, while sometimes simple, is yet effective when it attempts to address those issues which seem dark and enigmatic concerning God's Word. Larry puts forth many insightful considerations which are sometimes profound and sometimes common, yet never seen to be heretical; and even when disagreed with cannot be charged as being heterodoxical.
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