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Title: Not a good choice for serious study
Review: This book is not a good choice for anyone interested in a serious Bible study.The authors inject opinion where facts cannot support their position in several areas. It is obvious to me, at least, that certain doctrines are assumed to be correct and therefore written into this book. Also, there are several incorrect statements that would confuse novice readers, such as, "Out of all his followers, Jesus chose 12 men to be his disciples (Mark 3: 13-19), giving them the title 'Apostles' (Luke 6: 13)" (p. 557). Anyone who can read these verses knows that Jesus chose 12 men to be Apostles out of his many disciples. He, in fact, had numerous disciples, but only 12 Apostles.I had to buy this for a college course in Biblical Perspectives, but wouldn't buy it for any other reason. I own several other Bible handbooks and consider them to be far superior in content.
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