What Is the Bible?

By Carl Lofmark

Book Overview

The Bible, undoubtedly the most widely read book of the Western world, has outsold every other book in the history of publishing. Despite its popularity and cultural importance as the foundation of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879757817
• ISBN13: 9780879757816
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Examination of Biblical Truths

Through studied examples of Biblical passages, Carl Lofmark presents compelling information concerning the truths within the pages of the Bible. Despite having been translated and re-written throughout the centuries, the Bible has received the unquestioning acceptance by generations of religious people as being their source for historical and moral truths. However, Lofmark examines the basis of those truths.He begins by succinctly describing the contents of the Old and New Testaments and explains their many translations. Then Lofmark examines the Bible in terms of its literal, symbolic, and moral truths.While he extols the Bible's consistencies with universal moral truths and appreciates its ancient poetry, Lofmark denounces its many contradictions and absurdities. His examples encourage the reader to question these inconsistencies and confront religious dogma with sound reasoning "to find true answers to [one's] problems by looking at the evidence and constructing hypotheses, which [one] can modify in the light of any new evidence [one] may get" (p. 101). That, he asserts, is our path to understanding the truth, coping with its realities, and contributing to the progress of humankind.