The Big Book of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation Paperback – 1 Jun. 2008

Whether you're a Christian who wants to understand difficult or seemingly contradictory Bible passages better, or you're a sceptic who is having some obstacles in the way before you come to faith in Christ, because you're reading or researching certain biblical texts that are giving you doubts, then Norman Geisler has both of you covered.He provides a whole list of biblical problems, all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Many of his answers give various possibilities or interpretations to provide a fair assessment on how to handle and understand these texts, so if one answer isn't very convincing to you, hopefully the other one or two will be.Although I haven't given it a full read yet, Dr. Gleason Archer's Encyclopaedia on Bible Difficulties would be a great companion piece to this book. While he doesn't cover as many problems as Geisler, he does give more detailed answers than Norman usually does, so if you want more detailed answers on certain problems that both authors tackle, then definitely get Gleason's book too.

This book does exactly what the front cover says. It gives clear and consise answers of difficult questions about the Bible. Starting with Genesis and moving through each book until Revelation

Helps to see how few difficulties or contradictions there really are in the Bible.I really need to read more of it.

Very good book and interesting

This book offers explanations for all the discrepencies you find in the bible. However I found some a little inplausable and was able to offer a better explanation myself. It is for that reason I gave only four stars. It is nevertheless still a very useful book to have on the shelf .

Very useful information

Excellent Book

I bought this text having already purchased Hard Sayings of the Bible, thinking that it would be a helpful second strand to dealing with the kinds of hermeneutical conundrum that often gets thrown at one.In fact, I have found that is the way to use it - as a second strand. The other volume, edited by FF Bruce, Walter C. Kaiser et al, is a more thorough resource. Whilst I have found Geisler & Howe useful, there have been simply too many occasions when it seemed to skate around the issue - or when, by means of a little contextual study, it was not difficult to identify a more reliable explanation of the text.This has been a surprising conclusion, as I am generally very impressed with Norman Geisler's writing, which is thorough and thoughtful in its handling of difficult issues. This volume has the feel of having been rushed.