About this title: This 25th edition updates a beloved, bestselling Bible study tool for use in the 21st century. Adapted to the language of today, this simple handbook features all new maps and illustrations, improved Indexes, hints for studying the Bible, Bible reading programs, updated archaeological material, and simplified sections on church and Bible history.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 25th Revised and Expanded ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780310224792ISBN:0310224799
Description: Fine. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 1135 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Nice used copy showing very little wear. Pages are clean and crisp with no markings. Cover is clean with no stickers, residues or bends. read more
Edition: Revised & Expanded
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zondervan Pub. House
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780310224792ISBN:0310224799
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Cover has bumping, lots of marks, chipping, edgewear-Edgewear-Bumped / dogeared pgs-Some marks, spills on pgs-Cocked. read more
Edition: 25th Revised and Expanded ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780310224792ISBN:0310224799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 1135 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. no dust jacket read more
Description: Good. 0310224799 TITLE: Halley's Bible Handbook W Niv VersionAUTHOR: Ruark, J EdISBN 10: 0310224799ISBN 13: 9780310224792BINDING: Hardback without Dust JacketPUBLICATION DATE: 2000PAGES: 1135DESCRIPTION: Used book in good or better condition. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: ZONDERVAN PUB HOUSE
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780310224792ISBN:0310224799
Description: New. Clear...Simple...Easy to read--This world-renowned Bible handbook is updated and revised to provide even greater clarity, insight, and usefulness. Now with NIV text! Do you need help understanding the Bible? Halley's Bible Handbook with the... read more
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"I bought this book because it was free in the Kindle store for a spell. I'm glad I didn't pay anything for it.
Overall, my problem with this book is twofold: 1) it takes an unquestioning literalist view of the entire Bible, and 2) it demonstrates a severe lack of intellectual curiosity throughout.
I maintain that the result is worse than no study guide whatsoever.
The fact that Christianity is a broad tent, and that the Bible has been read in various ways over the centuries and today, is lost to Halley. I do not mind the presentation of the literalist view if it were combined with other credible viewpoints past and present. But to assert that this is the ONLY way to read the Bible is doing a terrible disservice to a religion, and misrepresents it in a egregious fashion. Christianity has had a brief literalist bubble, and there is much that the thinking Christian can question about such an interpretation, which is perhaps why it is dying off.
Let me provide a few choice quotes.
"Accept the Bible just as it is, for exactly what it claims to be. Don't worry about the theories of the critics. The ingenious efforts of modern criticism to undermine the historical reliability of the Bible will pass..." It is terribly bothersome to me that a purported study guide is encouraging people trying to intellectually engage the Bible to suspend their intellect. For whom shall find Christianity relevant today if we cannot understand it in the context of modern science? Christianity ought not fear science, nor science religion; the two ought to be embraced together, and the religious can learn about the Bible from science.
Regarding the creation story: "How did the writer know what happened before man appeared? No doubt God revealed the remote past, as later the distant future was made known to the prophets." No mention of other viewpoints -- that it has strong parallels to other ancient creation myths, what science and philosophy have to say, etc. Even Wikipedia's Creation_myth page reminds us that the Church was not literalist.
In the introduction, it advances the view that the Bible is "God's own record of His dealings with people in His unfolding revelation of Himself to the human race... Nor do we know just how God directed these authors to write. But we believe and know that God did rect them and that these books therefore must be exactly what God wanted them to be."
That is of course a rather controversial view, though it was perhaps widely held in some circles. But it boggles the mind, and ignores, for one thing, the multiple ancient sources that modern Bible assemblers must attempt to synthesize to make a coherent book.
The only value I see in this book is a glimpse at the viewpoint of an earlier age. At that it may excel. As a guide for someone alive today -- frankly I am surprised that it has garnered such high reviews here.
I have nothing against literalists; I respect them even if I disagree. But to pretend that there isn't even a debate here borders on the dishonest, and certainly sidelines this book out of the "serious and useful scholarly work" bookshelf."
"I have been reading this book all summer. I agree with Mr. Halley that every well educated person should study the Bible on a regular basis. Just the history that is taught in the Bible is a great study in itself. The way that the author writes gives me the feeling that he is talking in a down to earth friendly way about this fabulous piece of literature. He gives Christians a picture of what the Bible is about from start to finish so that we can see the whole picture of why things happened the way they did. I espexially like the article about how we got the Bible. I reccomend this book to all people who seek to be well informed and enlightened."
"I find this a necessary resource to read side by side with the Holy Bible. It helps one grasp the context of every book, and chapter of the Holy Bible; giving the reader a more in depth understanding of the scripture. I would prefer it was in King James Version."
"I learned about who was believed to author the gospels and the rest of the new testament. This is a great reference book that descries the modern day area of the land where the disciples and Jesus lived. Plenty of histoy is included in this author's writing. I will use this book more than once and I am glad to have a copy of it when I have questions."
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