{"id":14986,"date":"2016-08-18T01:43:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T06:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/bookreviews\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T01:43:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T06:43:28","slug":"bookreviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/bookreviews\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK\nREVIEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal'><b>Treasures From Bible Times By Alan MilIard<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>\u2018The Babylonian Story of the Flood,\u201d \u201cKing Tut, the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant,\u201d \u201cDeciphering Ancient Writings,\u201d \u201cAny Sign of Moses?,\u201d \u201cThe Writing on the Wall: Belshazzar &#8211; Man or Myth?,\u201d \u201cJesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,\u201d \u201cSecret Signs &#8211; a Christian Connection?\u201d These are some of the intriguing sections in Alan Millard\u2019s 1985 book<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>Millard has produced a book for laymen as well as scholars. Scores of beautiful color pictures and maps make this book not only a delightto read, but a conversation piece on the coffee table. In our opinion, it is the most useful, as well as accurate, book on biblical archaeology to come out in a long time.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>He has presented all kinds of archaeological material, even when it seems to conflict with Scripture. However, he always gives acceptable suggestions which will overcome any conflict and strengthen the faith of the readers.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>The British author is a qualified archaeologist, having dug at several sites in the Middle East. He is also a prolific writer, with several other books as well as articles in magazines and encyclopedias.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>[184 pages, it sells for $14.95.]<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal'><b>Rocks, Relics and Biblical Reliability By Dr. Clifford Wilson<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>Dr. Wilson\u2019s primer on biblical archaeology was written for Probe Ministry\u2019s \u201cChristian Free University.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>This 141 page book, with some excellent black and white pictures, is full of examples of archaeological confirmations and illuminations of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>It is written in chronological order, beginning with Genesis and ending with the New Testament. As such, it acts as an archaeological commentary on the Bible.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>Clifford Wilson, well-known Australian lecturer, radio and TV personality and author of many books, always comes down on the side of the infallibility of the Bible. <i>Rocks, Relics and Biblical Reliability<\/i> is no exception. In fact, it is one of his very best books. [It sells for $5.95.]<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>Both these books are carried by ABR and can be ordered from us (as well as over 100 other titles). Write for a booklist.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>To order, send the basic price, plus $.85 for postage and handling for one &#8211; $. 50 for each additional book.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:right; line-height:normal'><i>BSP<\/i> 0 (Autumn 1987) p. 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treasures From Bible Times By Alan MilIard \u2018The Babylonian Story of the Flood,\u201d \u201cKing Tut, the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant,\u201d \u201cDeciphering Ancient Writings,\u201d \u201cAny Sign of Moses?,\u201d \u201cThe Writing on the Wall: Belshazzar &#8211; Man or Myth?,\u201d \u201cJesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls,\u201d \u201cSecret Signs &#8211; a Christian Connection?\u201d These are some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/bookreviews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOOK<br \/>\nREVIEWS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}