FiveStones

Extremely Well Researched

Revisado: 05-03-21

To a layperson: this book reads very academic. I found a lot of the in-depth language parts unnecessary. Since I don’t speak nor read either Greek or Hebrew; I’m trusting the author regardless if he says “it could also mean this in Ancient Greek” or “it could also mean this in Ancient Greek because of this other word and this curved line on the last letter. This curved line was commonly used to denote this other sound which in turn....” - either way I’m taking the authors word on a subject I am unfamiliar with. His bonafides in this subject are well documented so I felt details that granular to a layperson could have been reserved for a journal article or textbook. The language parts are all important but only insofar as they make the basic case and not why they make that case. I believe Dr. Heiser has a very similar book that excludes a lot of this and might have been a better jumping in point for me. Overall I thought the book was excellent and it explains so many “odd” sounding passages in a way that actually fits. The first night after listening my head was spinning. I laid in bed thinking “Lord, what have I gotten myself into.” I felt detached from the traditional Evangelical notions I’ve held for decades. Very gently I felt the Lord ask “What about your beliefs actually changed?” It was a moment of clarity and relief. Nothing had changed except that things actually made a lot more sense. All of the same core beliefs I had before were intact, the puzzle just seemed to have a lot more of pieces filled in around those beliefs was all.

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