A review by lighthousebooks
Why I Trust the Bible: Answers to Real Questions and Doubts People Have about the Bible by William D. Mounce

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to learn more about the historical reliability of the Bible. It addresses the common questions of the skeptic and the Christian alike in a scholarly and pastoral manner. The main topics are the historical Jesus, contradictions, the canon, textual criticism, translations, and the Old Testament.

My main interests/takeaways:

➖The viable text variants do not change our understanding of the Bible and its teachings. 

➖Translations are different because “languages are not codes, and it’s not possible to bring one word directly from one language into another.”

➖“… there is no such thing as a literal translation, nor is one even possible.”