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Hardcover New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties: (Zondervan's Understand the Bible Reference Series) Book
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ISBN: 0310241464

ISBN13: 9780310241461

New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

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Informed Answers to Your Most Troublesome Questions about the Bible.

What do you make of the difficult areas in the Bible--those puzzling passages that make you stop and scratch your head? The seeming inconsistencies or moments that make you uncomfortable?

Did God approve of Rahab's lie?Why are many of the Old Testament quotes in the New Testament not word-for-word?Does the Bible class abortion with murder?Where did Adam and Eve's sons get their wives?Does 1 Corinthians authorize divorce for desertion?

The seeming incongruities of Scripture actually have sound explanations. But unless you're a Bible scholar, you probably don't know about them. The New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties gives you informed answers to your most troublesome questions. Many explanations include an eye-opening look at linguistic, cultural, numerical, relational, and other considerations of which most Bible readers are unaware.

Referencing both the New International Version (NIV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB), this handbook makes scholarly insights accessible to everyone. Whether you're a student, pastor, everyday Bible-lover, or even a skeptic, the New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties will show you why the Bible is believable and dependable, with a message you can live by.

--ZONDERVAN'S UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE REFERENCE SERIES--

This four-volume series supplies users of today's most popular modern Bible translation, and New International Version, with scholarly, economical, and uncompromisingly evangelical study tools. It includes:

New International Bible CommentaryNew International Encyclopedia of Bible WordsNew International Encyclopedia of Bible DifficultiesNew International Encyclopedia of Bible Characters

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Great resource.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Dr. Archer was a true Bible scholar and a brilliant linguist, knowing 27 different languages. This is an excellent reference for a serious Bible student who wants to research the hard sayings of the Bible.

Simply Outstanding

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is written without any apologies from the perspective of an true orthodox Christian. Archer's academic credibility is impeccable and thankfully he left this book behind so a new generation could defend the biblical worldview aggressively.

Once you've actually read the Bible...

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
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.

Generally excellent refutation of biblioskeptics

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
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.
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