TRINITY, Fla., Dec. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bible is inarguably the most influential book in the Western world. According to author Glenn H. Van Doren, Christians view their Bible as consisting of two books, the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. However, new discoveries in archeology and biblical research have brought exciting understandings of these holy books, as many scriptural writings now appear in a fresh light. Van Doren explores these revelations in The Bible: What New Discoveries Reveal.
Released through Xlibris, this book takes readers on a spiritual journey, focusing on the effect of these discoveries on each book of the respective Bibles. The author relays that a significant number of these books were attributed to ancient authors without sure knowledge of their origin and accuracy. However, through modern methods of dating and writing analysis aided by powerful computers, more and more Christians and Hebrews are brought closer to discovering who is and is not the actual writer.
The Bible: What New Discoveries Reveal avoids religious bias by putting new biblical discoveries in an objective context. Through the new scholastic research presented in this book, some conventional thinking is stripped, adding intriguing confirmation that Bibles were essentially based on history and tradition, much of it accurate but some of it erroneous.
This book will be featured at the 2010 London Book Fair in London, England, on April 19-21, 2010. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Glenn H. Van Doren has spent a lifetime searching for the truthful core of the teachings of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. In his university days at Wayne State University in Detroit, he was a student of W.F. Albright, the noted biblical scholar who participated in the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries. He has been a frequent lecturer on leadership issues, and his writings have covered all aspects of that subject. His research into biblical history and especially into the authorship of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles has spanned over half a century, the last twenty years devoted to this book.
The Bible: What New Discoveries Reveal * by Glenn H. Van Doren
Publication Date: October 21, 2009
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