Book Reviews

The staff at the Bible Resource Center are avid readers. When we come across books that would interest students of the Bible, we tell you about them and let you know what we think.

A complete list of the books we have reviewed is available below:

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Bart D. Ehrman

Bart Ehrman brings solid scholarship to the popular reader. This book is essentially a popular introduction to the field of New Testament textual criticism, written for anyone who wonders how we got our New Testament. more...

The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job and the Scale of Creation, Bill McKibben

It is a narrative as ancient as the Old Testament itself: God blesses good person with riches, God punishes sinful person with poverty. We see the story again and again throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. Yet the Scriptures offer a counter-narrative as well. more...

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, N. T. Wright

An immensely readable, deeply profound, and wonderfully engaging reflection on what might be described as the eminently practical substance of Christianity. more...

Paul: In Fresh Perspective, N. T. Wright

Looking for an easy way into the theology of the apostle Paul's letters? Then this book might be just the letter-opener you need. more...

Collected Poems 1943-2004, Richard Wilbur

During World War II, Richard Wilbur served at the European battlefields of Cassino and Anzio, and there began to write poetry "in earnest" to seek for order in himself and in the world. more...

American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham

Is the United States a Christian nation that has lost its way? Do you wonder if this popular opinion is really true? The book, American Gospel, seeks to clarify this issue. more...

Christ Is the Question, Wayne A. Meeks

In just over 150 pages, the book offers readers a sweeping review of seismic shifts in the way all sorts of readers think about and interpret the Bible. more...

Coined by God: Words and Phrases that First Appear in the English Translations of the Bible, Stanley Malless and Jeffrey McQuain

This small book examines 150 words and phrases that first appeared in the English translations of the Bible. more...

The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther, by Rebecca Kohn

Based on the Hebrew version of the biblical book of Esther, the novel recounts the story of Hadassah, a Jewish orphan and ward of her cousin, Mordecai. more...

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