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Evidence and Paul's Journeys

 
 
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Manufacturer: Parsagard Press
EAN (European Article Number): 9780970569509
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Jefferson White
Publisher: Parsagard Press
Publication Date: 2001-01-24
Reading Level: 168
 
 
Description: "Evidence and Paul's Journeys" is a fascinating historical investigation into the travels of the Apostle Paul. Here is what two noted scholars have written about it:

"It is very encouraging to see that the most recent research...has been so carefully gathered together and presented in such a readable form. Jefferson White is to be commended for rendering such a service and his book deserves a wide audience."

- Dr. Bruce Winter Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge University

"When I received Evidence and Paul's Journeys in the mail, I planned on skimming it for a minute or two and putting it on the shelf. That was a big mistake. Once I began, I could not put it down. The book encouraged my soul, not only about the historical facticity of the book of Acts, but also in making the events vivid and real. An open minded skeptic would benefit from this book and a convinced believer will enjoy the reality it breathes into the Acts narrative."

- J. P. Moreland, Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

The historical evidence that the book investigates includes:

- the city, regional, and provincial political boundaries and titles mentioned in the book of Acts, some of which existed only in the middle of the first century.

- the social and political characteristics unique to the cities and provinces that Paul visited.

- the archeological findings that bear on the biblical narrative.

- the distances that Paul traveled on land and on sea, and how long it took to cover those distances, according to the scriptures and to ancient and modern testimony.

- the meteorological and nautical evidence relevant to Paul's travels by sea, including the spectacular confirmation of the details surrounding his shipwreck at Malta.

- Paul's arrests and trials, and the legal maneuverings that took place in quite different jurisdictions, studied in the light of evidence about ancient law.

- Paul's dealings with noted individuals who are also written about in pagan and Jewish historical accounts.

- a comprehensive examination of the complex evidential relation between Paul's letters and the book of Acts.

For the first time, all the historical details of Paul's journeys are found in a single book written for the general reader.

 
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Review Summary: Evidence and Paul's Journeys Date: 2008-07-13
 
Details: I found this book to be particularly helpful in preparation for adult Sunday School teaching.
 
Review Summary: Evidence and Paul's Journeys. Date: 2007-10-02
 
Details: The author briefly and directly dissects the recorded accounts of the apostle Paul's journeys. Problems, real and not so real, with reconciling the accounts to information from other sources, are analyzed. This is hardly a gripping page-turner, it is rather dry, but it is informative. A far more enjoyable exposition of Paul is John Pollock's `The Apostle: A Life of Paul,' but, while also being quite informative, Pollock's is a very different kind book. At only 134 pages plus notes, bibliography and other materials, White's book is very focused and concise. His scholarship seems rather solid. Taken as brief essays in their own right, his Prologue and Conclusion are quite interesting. This from his Conclusion:

"The present study has been concerned with the problem of empirical evidence and its relationship to the record of Paul's journeys.
"This stands in marked contrast with the purpose of modern biblical scholarship, which is largely concerned with theoretical matters rather than with evidence. Nor should it surprise us that scholars find theory more interesting than evidence. After all, the primary purpose in getting a Ph.D., or for publishing scholarly papers, is to demonstrate the depth of one's knowledge and erudition. Since the empirical evidence surrounding Paul's journeys is limited and can be understood even by non-scholars, career-track biblical scholarship almost has to be about something else. And that something else must be complex enough so that only the cognoscenti can understand it. As a discipline, biblical scholarship inevitably points away from empirical evidence and toward intellectual novelty.
"It does not help that the primary purpose of the New Testament is to record God's intervention in human history. Modem scholarship in general proceeds from an intellectual culture of unbelief. That culture is based on the a priori assumption that any theory, no matter how subjective, automatically trumps any argument, no matter how empirical, that points to the possibility of divine intervention in history."
 
Review Summary: A nice overview book on Paul's journeys Date: 2007-03-17
 
Details: This is an excellent introduction to the missionary journeys of Paul. While concise and easily readable, the book does a nice job of blending history, archaeology and the Book of Acts into an informative narrative.
 
Review Summary: Great Insight Date: 2002-09-12
 
Details: I loved this book. The insight it offers is second to none. If you are, like me, a fan of the Paul, buy this book!
 
Review Summary: Evidence in bite-sized chunks... Date: 2002-02-24
 
Details: The majority of this book deals with Acts. The author breaks all the evidence therein down into bite-sized chunks and deals with each piece in a straightforward and no nonsense fashion while following a self-imposed rule that "a contradiction cannot be proved if there is a reasonable explanation for it" (p. 118). This rightfully narrows the field of contradictions down to a scant few and warrants the author's assertion that: "The Acts account of Paul's journeys is as reliable as we may expect history to be. So far as it can be tested by objective evidence, Acts has proven to be an astonishingly accurate record of events" (p. 134). All of this evidence eventually points to "one of the most striking aspects of the Acts record" which is how many of the details "belong to the middle of the first century, and to that era alone" (p. 132).

He also deals with empirical evidence regarding 1 and 2 Corinthians and states: "If Paul had not written a second letter to Corinth, or if that letter had been lost to history, the travel plans that he outlines in the first Corinthian letter would contradict Luke's account of his movements in the third journey" (p. 88). We can apply this same logic to the perceived contradictions elsewhere and wonder if they wouldn't be just as easily cleared up if there were more manuscripts extant relating to that time--we shouldn't look askance at the Biblical narrative because it has a remarkable track record but question our limited understanding of that particular time.

Easy writing style that won't leave you exhausted; nicely done.
--Moza

 
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