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Dr. Gleason Archer offers carefully thought-out arguments for the unity and integrity of the Bible that should convince the skeptic and reassure the person who may be confused by the seeming discrepancies in Scripture. Includes a full index.
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Clear, scholarly answers to apparent discrepancies in the Bible, confirming that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God
Over the centuries and still at the present time, Christians--from scholars and students to people in the pew--have been troubled by vexing questions and apparent contradictions in the Bible. In this encyclopedia of Bible difficulties, Dr. Gleason Archer offers carefully thought-out arguments for the unity and integrity of the Bible that should convince the skeptic and reassure the person who may be confused by the seeming discrepancies in Scripture.
Dr. Archer’s answers are sometimes simple insights that seem afterward to have been obvious all along. But more often his answers are based on a careful study of the meaning of words, the cultural context of Bible eras, knowledge of the Hebrew numbering system, and many other details not readily known to the average Bible reader. Some answers are given as plausible, not final, solutions, for still "we know in part."
Entries are arranged according to the books of the Bible and indexed by person, subject, and Scripture verse.
Some of the questions answered in this encyclopedia are:
* Did God approve of Rahab’s lie (Joshua 2:4-5)?
* Why is it that many of the Old Testament quotations in the New Testament are not literal?
* Does the Bible really teach that God is a Trinity?
* Does 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 authorize divorce for desertion?
* Does 1 Timothy 2:12 forbid the ordination of women?
* Does the Bible class abortion with murder?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I think Bible believing Christians will find this book to be an invaluable help for personal study and when witnessing to skeptics and to those Christians who do not believe in biblical inerrancy.
It is packed with clear explanatory answers to some of the most troublesome Bible difficulties and apparent contradictions, and it is arranged in biblical order to make it an easy reference guide.
However, some ethical opinions expressed in this book are strongly debatable.
Statements like: "a kingdom that is of the world has a perfect right to resort to warfare and the killing of enemy aggressors" (page 343) or "pacifism is completely lacking in support from the Word of God" (page 344) seem to be more political propaganda than religious thought.
It is packed with clear explanatory answers to some of the most troublesome Bible difficulties and apparent contradictions, and it is arranged in biblical order to make it an easy reference guide.
However, some ethical opinions expressed in this book are strongly debatable.
Statements like: "a kingdom that is of the world has a perfect right to resort to warfare and the killing of enemy aggressors" (page 343) or "pacifism is completely lacking in support from the Word of God" (page 344) seem to be more political propaganda than religious thought.
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97 of 117 people found the following review helpful
Generally excellent refutation of biblioskeptics
3 May 2002
Format:Hardcover
The author has an encyclopedic knowledge of Biblical languages and culture, and his book is most informative about a wide range of topics. Archer is also a trained lawyer, so can cut through the illogicality and special pleading of the arguments for "contradictions". By comparison, among those who argue for contradictions are such blatantly unqualified misotheists such as Barker, Ingersoll, McKinsey and Paine who haven't a clue about the original languages or culture, and are blatantly chronologically chauvinistic.
One important consideration in the Gospels is what the New Testament scholar N.T. (Tom) Wright pointed out, that most of the things Jesus said, he most likely said many times, and with many minor variations.
I didn't give this book five stars, because Archer is unnecessarily intimidated by old-Earth propaganda, but does believe in a global Flood that actually wipes out alleged geological evidence for age. But since this occupies only a small fraction of the book which is otherwise excellent, only a one-star deduction is warranted.
58 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Once you've actually read the Bible...
18 Mar 2004
Format:Hardcover
This volume is a good addition to the Biblical expositor's reference library. But the first step is to become familiar with the Bible by actually having spent time reading and studying it. Many questions become answered once you understand the entire Bible in context. Then reference books such as this become useful in understanding cultural references, difficulties in the English translations of the original autographs, etc.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Written By One of the Top OT Scholars of the 20th Century!
30 May 2011
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The author - Gleason L. Archer Jr. (1916-2004 - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary; L.L.B., Suffolk Law School) was a biblical scholar, theologian, educator, and author. He served as an assistant pastor of Park Street Church in Boston from 1945 to 1948. He was a Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary for 16 years, teaching New Testament, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. From 1965 to 1986 he served as a Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He became an emeritus faculty member in 1989. He also served for many years as a minister of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The remainder of his life was spent researching, writing, and lecturing.
Legend has it, (I have not been able to verify whether this is 100% true or not) that he was so gifted in languages that for fun (and as a challenge) he would study the Bible in a different language every year to continue to grow and develop mentally.
Archer served as one of the 50 original translators of the NASB published in 1971. He also worked on the team which translated the NIV Bible published in 1978. I give this introduction, because many people are not familiar with Archer (unfortunately), but he was a brilliant Christian scholar who could have excelled as a lawyer (his father was the founder and president of Suffolk Law School), and chose to use his exceptional gifts to defend the inerrancy and integrity of the Scriptures over the span of his entire adult life. I would say that along with Bruce Waltke and Walter Kaiser Jr., he was one of the most elite and influential Old Testament Evangelical Scholars at the end of the Twentieth Century.
As for this book - it's simply outstanding. It covers all the thorny issues from Genesis to Revelation in biblical order, and considers questions from the cultural, linguistic, and authorial intent of each passage considered. Of all the books I have on questions, and Bible answers, this is the one I turn to the most. It is extremely thorough and will increase anyone's' belief in the supernatural authorship of the sixty-six books in the Protestant Canon. It is definitely a "must have" for any interpreter/student/teacher of the Bible, or an apologist for the Christian faith.
Legend has it, (I have not been able to verify whether this is 100% true or not) that he was so gifted in languages that for fun (and as a challenge) he would study the Bible in a different language every year to continue to grow and develop mentally.
Archer served as one of the 50 original translators of the NASB published in 1971. He also worked on the team which translated the NIV Bible published in 1978. I give this introduction, because many people are not familiar with Archer (unfortunately), but he was a brilliant Christian scholar who could have excelled as a lawyer (his father was the founder and president of Suffolk Law School), and chose to use his exceptional gifts to defend the inerrancy and integrity of the Scriptures over the span of his entire adult life. I would say that along with Bruce Waltke and Walter Kaiser Jr., he was one of the most elite and influential Old Testament Evangelical Scholars at the end of the Twentieth Century.
As for this book - it's simply outstanding. It covers all the thorny issues from Genesis to Revelation in biblical order, and considers questions from the cultural, linguistic, and authorial intent of each passage considered. Of all the books I have on questions, and Bible answers, this is the one I turn to the most. It is extremely thorough and will increase anyone's' belief in the supernatural authorship of the sixty-six books in the Protestant Canon. It is definitely a "must have" for any interpreter/student/teacher of the Bible, or an apologist for the Christian faith.
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