Witnessing to skeptics and cynics of the Bible can be one of the most formidable ordeals a Christian can face. Thanks to Larry Richards’ 735 Baffling Bible Questions Answered the experience can now be far less intimidating.
The volume proceeds through Scripture, book by book, exploring its many difficult passages and purported discrepancies — excerpts that have become suitable grist for the critic’s mill. Richards responds to various objections and suspected textual problems in every book of the Bible (except Nehemiah). A brief survey of each Bible book’s author, theme and issues acts as introductory commentary for each chapter.
Prophecy, archaeology, Old Testament customs and practices, New Testament principles, and a whole lot more fill this book. The questions you know to ask are there — and some you’ve probably never even thought to ask. For example, on page 228, Richards considers the question of how many young children did were actually killed in Bethlehem by Herod’s soldiers during the slaughter of the innocents.
The paperback volume is a reissue of a work published five
years ago under the title, Bible Difficulties Solved.
Fleming H. Revell should be commended for returning this
excellent resource to the availability of Christians.
—MKG
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