BOOKS

God’s enduring Word

BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON has just written a book entitled The Enduring Word: The Authority and Reliability of the Bible. This is his 13^th book, and it is about the Bible, the “most important book in the world because it is God’s Word”.

The Bible’s authority and reliability have been questioned by some who point out that we do not have the original manuscripts today, only copies; there are thousands of variations in these copies, some of which contain copyist errors; and so many different versions of the Bible are used today. They ask: How can Christians be confident that what we read in the Bible today is indeed the Word of God?

The Bishop’s book sheds light on these and other questions by demystifying issues such as the canon, biblical manuscripts, textual variations, base texts and Bible translation. Through it, we can discover how the Bible was written thousands of years ago, compiled to form the Bible as we now know it and preserved till today in various translations and versions.

Written in a thought-provoking yet easy-to-understand manner, the book aims to inform readers and strengthen their confidence in the authority and reliability of the Bible. Reading this book will help enlighten us about the Word of God and inspire us to read it seriously and obey it wholly.

The book is available at Armour Publishing (tel: 6276-9976) and the Bible Society of Singapore (tel: 6337-3222).