Review: Useful for conservative Christians
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
The entry for this ebook is a little confusing. It's not 1152 pages (that refers to the Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook, of which this is a small selection). This is a "single" and contains 8 short essays, with a total of about 50 pages. The essays cover topics such the OT and NT canons, the Dead Sea Scrolls. the Septuagint, and what is meant by "Inerrancy." The orientation is conservative: you won't find any mention of the Documentary Hypothesis, or of the disputed authorship of Pauline letters, for example. The book is often available for free and is worthwhile as an introduction to some of these topics. It's not really an explanation of "How the Bible Came To Be," but would be of interest to conservative Christians.