\*Are the original manuscripts reliable? \*What about other holy books? \*Isn't the Bible sexist? \*What about all the wars? \*How can I know? Sensitively yet convincingly, Amy Orr-Ewing addresses issues that represent hurdles to believing the Bible.

Amy Orr-Ewing

Why Trust the Bible?

Dedication

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Foreword

Introduction

1. Isn’t it all a matter of interpretation?

Language as a game

No universal world-view

Language as power play

Truth

Language and meaning

Postmodernism

The text of the Bible

Reader responsibility

2. Can we know anything about history?

The loss of certainty

How do we have access to history?

Converging lines of evidence

3. Are the biblical manuscripts reliable?

Manuscript matters

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The scrolls and the Old Testament

The scrolls and the New Testament

4. Is the content of the manuscripts reliable?

Scepticism about the supernatural world

New Testament miracles

Intentional deception?

Is the New Testament comprehensible?

Other ancient literature

Has the Bible been changed in transmission?

5. What about the canon?

The New Testament canon

The Old Testament canon

6. What about the other holy books?

Islam

The uniqueness of the Bible

Hinduism

7. Isn’t the Bible sexist?

Women in the New Testament

Women in the Old Testament

8. What about all the wars?

Two different pictures of God?

A Christian response to warfare

The development of just-war principles

9. Isn’t the Bible out of date on sex?

Sex and marriage

Homosexuality

10. How can I know?

Notes

Chapter 1: Isn't it all a matter of interpretation?

Chapter 2: Can we know anything about history?

Chapter 3: Are the biblical manuscripts reliable?

Chapter 4: Is the content of the manuscripts reliable?

Chapter 5: What about the canon?

Chapter 6: What about the other holy books?

Chapter 7: Isn't the Bible sexist?

Chapter 8: What about all the wars?

Chapter 9: Isn't the Bible out of date on sex?

Bibliography

\*Are the original manuscripts reliable? \*What about other holy books? \*Isn’t the Bible sexist? \*What about all the wars? \*How can I know? Sensitively yet convincingly, Amy Orr-Ewing addresses issues that represent hurdles to believing the Bible.

"This excellent book confronts ten difficult questions about the Bible with honesty and conviction, and will be invaluable to anyone wrestling with these questions." Alister McGrath  
   
 "Brilliant! Amy's fascinating, wise and informative comments impressively counter much of the superficial and frequently unchallenged debunking of the Bible that we meet everywhere today." Greg Haslam  
   
 "Amy is one of the foremost British evangelists and apologists of our generation." Nicky Gumbel

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