I was very excited to receive this book in the mail from booksneeze.com. (I received it free in exchange for my honest public review.) I love to read arguments supporting the Bible or Christianity as a whole. And I have heard great things about this author, about how very knowledgable he is and that he seeks to lead people to the true God.In this book, Hanegraaf divides his arguments into an easy acronym, M-A-P-S, which stand for Manuscript Copies, Archaeologist's Spade, Prophetic Stars and Scriptural Lights. Each category is also broken down into acronyms to make the book more concise and easy to follow.
It is altogether a very interesting read, though some parts (like those on typological vs. predictive fulfillment of prophecies) went way over my head! There were a few parts that felt a little repetitive, but for the most part the writing was concise and pretty easy to follow. I absolutely love reading about archaeological finds that prove stories in the Bible or show that people in the Bible are real from a purely historical standpoint. And I like reading an author debunking some of the major theories used to explain away Jesus' resurrection, the most laughable being the swoon theory, hypnosis of the disciples or hypersuggestibility of the disciples.
This is a good book for those who want to brush up on their apologetics, and have more answers for things like how our Bible today can still be accurate even through centuries of copying and recopying. It is fascinating to learn some of the practices of early scribes, and why the message we read today is unchanged from when it was written.
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