Here lies the second-hardest book I've ever read (well, finished).
So why do I reckon it's so great? Well. Have you ever watched those docos telling you that the exodus (from Egypt) never happened, or that archaeology has disproved Israel's conquest in Canaan, or... (the list is endless) and you wished you had a place to turn to check it out further? This book is the place. It's thorough; it interacts with all sorts of recent discoveries; it takes the Bible seriously.
How much can archaeology really tell us? This book has an answer. Is the Bible so biased (theologically) that it fudges the facts? This book has an answer. Are the dates and numbers and names and places in the Bible verifiable from other sources? This book takes you through it all.
You could drown in the detail. But detail is what's needed when the world has such an anti-Bible stance, I guess. I really want the authors to do a 100-page popular version so that this stuff is accessible to the TV-informed world.
This book is for you if:
- you're teaching from the Old Testament historical literature, or
- you've got a real passion for studying history, or
- you've got big questions on the historical reliability of the Old Testament.
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And the book is much more interesting than hearing the guy in person :)
Wow. I'll try to remember that ;)
I guess the authors do come across as pretty detailed sorts of thinkers. It's definitely a rare talent to be able to deliver swathes of detail with both clarity and a certain charm (or at least interesting-ness).
I think the book is awesome - I remember its arrival last year when I was still living in my parent's house and churning through the historiography sections with vigour and sharing the gems with my mum (who is a history teacher)... they are so clear in the book :)
BERNARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING BOUT NOAHS BIRTHDAY YET!
KEEP ALL OF US DOWN SOUTH IN SUSPENCE Y DON'T U?
(as u can tell this has nothing wat so ever 2 do with wat ever that book is)
AND WE R ALL EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET THAT HE DIDN'T GET ANY CAKE ON HIS BIRTHDAY!!!!! WAT R U DOING MAN?!?!?!?! IT'S AN OUTRAGE!
GIVE US A 'N',
GIVE US AN 'O',
GIVE US AN 'A',
GIVE US AN 'H',
GIVE US SOME PICTURES
AND GIVE HIM SOME CAKE!
love from the very disappointed and outraged AUNTY FI and THE CANE CLAN.
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