B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Portraits of Creation was evidently prepared to be a definitive treatment of the tension between science and theology over the origin and development of the physical universe. The treatment focuses on the evidence provided by geology, astronomy, and the first chapter of the book of Genesis, and includes intensive philosophical consideration of the nature of natural science and the nature of the Genesis account of creation. A critique of modern creation-science precedes the analysis of biblical considerations. This book is skillfully written.
Some parts are worth reading for their literary quality alone.
Extensive footnotes, conveniently located on the page where noted, give clear definitions of technical terminology, elaboration of the authors' thoughts, and a generous bibliography for the reader who wishes to investigate a topic more extensively. The authors have achieved a high degree of excellence in serving the purposes for which the book was written. After the introductory chapter there is an excellent brief treatment on the history of human thought concerning the nature of physical reality. The discerning reader will note that this material is skillfully presented to provide a foundation for lack of confidence in the first chapters of Genesis as a straightforward account of real events and historical sequence. Extraordinary skill toward this objective is demonstrated throughout the following chapters.