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Sir William Ramsay, Historical Evidence, and St. Paul,
By Jefferson White (Hilliard, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: St. Paul the traveller and the Roman citizen (William M. Ramsay Library) (Paperback)
*******Why is a book that was first published in 1895 still relevant to us today? To begin with, Sir William Ramsay was one of the leading archeologists and scholars of the time. Secondly, and most interestingly, he became convinced of the historical truth of the Book of Acts -- of Luke's account of Paul's journeys -- as the result of his direct investigation of the archeological record. As Ramsay himself wrote, he originally began studying Acts as a guide to the second century history of Asia Minor. Because he accepted the established scholarly authorities of the day, he started by believing that the Book of Acts was written a century after the events that it describes. However, he soon discovered that the actual historical data pointed to the middle of the first century as the only possible time of Acts' writing. More importantly, he found that the many small historical details of Paul's travels were dramatically confirmed by archeological and documentary evidence. He thus came to regard Acts as one of the most historically reliable documents of the ancient world. Ramsay's famous book "St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen," broke new ground by demonstrating that historical reliability to a popular audience. Is Ramsay's book still useful more than a century later? It is dated in some respects. A few of his conclusions have been superseded. Also, much additional evidence has been discovered. But anyone wanting to understand the relationship of historical evidence to the book of Acts will still find this book to be of use. It was the starting point for my own research, when I wrote my book "Evidence and Paul's Journeys." In many ways, my book is simply an updating of Ramsay's work. I would highly recommend "St. Paul Traveller" to anyone who is interested in the Bible and historical evidence.
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Sir William Ramsay, Historical Evidence, and St. Paul,
By Jefferson White (Hilliard, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: St. Paul the traveller and the Roman citizen (William M. Ramsay Library) (Paperback)
*******Why is a book that was first published in 1895 still relevant to us today? To begin with, Sir William Ramsay was one of the leading archeologists and scholars of the time. Secondly, and most interestingly, he became convinced of the historical truth of the Book of Acts -- of Luke's account of Paul's journeys -- as the result of his direct investigation of the archeological record. As Ramsay himself wrote, he originally began studying Acts as a guide to the second century history of Asia Minor. Because he accepted the established scholarly authorities of the day, he started by believing that the Book of Acts was written a century after the events that it describes. However, he soon discovered that the actual historical data pointed to the middle of the first century as the only possible time of Acts' writing. More importantly, he found that the many small historical details of Paul's travels were dramatically confirmed by archeological and documentary evidence. He thus came to regard Acts as one of the most historically reliable documents of the ancient world. Ramsay's famous book "St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen," broke new ground by demonstrating that historical reliability to a popular audience. Is Ramsay's book still useful more than a century later? It is dated in some respects. A few of his conclusions have been superseded. Also, much additional evidence has been discovered. But anyone wanting to understand the relationship of historical evidence to the book of Acts will still find this book to be of use. It was the starting point for my own research, when I wrote my book "Evidence and Paul's Journeys." In many ways, my book is simply an updating of Ramsay's work. I would highly recommend "St. Paul the Traveller" to anyone who is interested in the Bible and historical evidence.
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I found this book to be very insightful. It gives you information about Paul that you would likely never discover elsewhere. This book is still very relevant as other reviewers have noted.
The author obviously takes a very careful and skillful approach to writing about Apostle Paul. Unfortunately, the author lost me at certain parts (where seemingly excessive detail was given at certain minor points) and I found that the book would have appealed more to me if he looked at things from a macro-level a bit more. But that being said, this book is exactly what it is intended to be. It isn't supposed to be surface level. A fine work indeed.
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