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:

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...