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Title: The Origins of Christianity & the Bible by Andrew D. Benson ISBN: 1-929372-01-9 Publisher: Prudential Publishing Company Pub. Date: July, 2000 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Concise, thorough, excellent
Comment: ORIGINS is extremely well-researched and thoroughly documented, perhaps the most accessible and in-depth study of Scripture available. It is a delight to read and an excellent reference that anyone interested in Christian theology ought to have in his/her personal library. I highly recommend this book. I should like to have written it myself.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Book Available About Christianity's True Origins
Comment: There are many books that have been written about Christianity and the Bible, but Andrew D. Benson's *The Origins of Christianity and the Bible* is hands down the best I have read. The big difference between other books and Benson's is that this one backs up everything it says with proof in the form of ancient quotations, authoritative sources or the Bible itself. The author's strategy is simple: provide tremendous amounts of information without attacking anyone's beliefs and let the conclusions take care of themselves. And the only conclusion that one can rationally draw after reading this book is that the Bible, far from being the "inspired, inerrant word of God," is a book that reflects the attitudes, opinions, prejudices, and yes, the God, of its authors. Benson shows comparisons between ancient Canaanite writings about the God El (a word which is translated "God" over 200 times in the Hebrew Bible-Strong's number 410) and the Bible's descriptions of the Hebrew God Yahweh ("the LORD" in most English Bibles). Benson also demonstrates how New Testament authors took Old Testament passages out of context to further their agendas. And rather than just pointing out Bible contradictions, Benson explains why the contradictions occur-e.g. because of editing or differing oral traditions. Every serious student of the Bible-from Christians and Jews to atheists and agnostics-should own this book. Quite simply, it is the best available.