Neil R. Lightfoot (1929–2012)
Autor/a de How We Got the Bible
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Neil R. Lightfoot
How We Got the Bible (2nd Edition) 2 exemplars
Die Bibel - Entstehung und Überlieferung 1 exemplars
The Living Word How we Got the Bible 1 exemplars
Jesus Christ Today 1 exemplars
The Parables of Jesus Part 1 1 exemplars
The Parables of Jesus Part 2 1 exemplars
The Role of Women 1 exemplars
Everyone's Guide to Hebrews 1 exemplars
Comentário BÃblico "Vida Cristã" 1 exemplars
How We Got the Bible 1 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Lightfoot, Neil R.
- Nom oficial
- Lightfoot, Neil Roland
- Data de naixement
- 1929-09-22
- Data de defunció
- 2012-09-18
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Lloc de naixement
- Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
- Professions
- professor (Abilene Christian University ∙ New Testament)
Minister, Church of Christ - Organitzacions
- Abilene Christian University
- Biografia breu
- In 1951 and they joined the faculty of Abilene Christian University in 1958. He taught New Testament and Biblical Languages (Greek and Hebrew), Apologetics and Evidences of Christianity. Dr. Lightfoot has been active as a lecturer and preacher, having served as full-time minister for several congregations in North Carolina and Texas. He has preached for more than fifty years, taught at ACU for forty-seven years and for more than twenty years served as an elder of the Eleventh and Willis Church of Christ in Abilene. Dr. Lightfoot is known for his books and scholarly articles.
Dr. Lightfoot held the B.A. and M.A. Degrees in Philosophy from Baylor University, and the Ph.D. degree in New Testament from Duke University. In 1978, he received the "Trustee's Award, Outstanding Teacher of the Year," Abilene Christian University. In 1986, he was Senior Associate of Westminster College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England and also served as Distinguished Scholar in Residence.
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Un libro fundamental para toda persona que de una u otra manera lee la Biblia, ayuda a eliminar muchos errores y confusiones respecto a las traducciones, los originales, la preservación y afirma la fe en la infalibilidad de la Biblia como palabra inspirada por Dios.
Good overview of this interesting subject.
Excellent reference book for better insight into how the Bible came to us. Could serve as good class guide.
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However, this book is most certainly not the book I would recommend. First, this book is only about textual criticism which is concerned with recovering the original text of the Bible. This is certainly an important part of understanding the Bible as it exists today, but only a part.
Second, while the book claims to be about how we got the Bible, it's really mostly about how we got the New Testament with a small amount of discussion about the Old Testament.
Third, when the author says that this book is "designed for the average reader", he means middle school reading level. Despite the book's 209 pages, the author gives only a shallow overview of textual criticism. To pad out the space, he spends a fair amount of time on stories about how various manuscripts were discovered. A better author could, perhaps, pull this off without making it seem like a waste of space, but Lightfoot, while a quite competent writer, is not quite up to the demands of the "the adventure of discovery" genre.
I would not say that this is exactly a bad book. It's just not very good. My current candidate book for recommending to others covered the same informational content in less than a chapter.
(The annoying part is that I actually spent money on this book because it was recommended by someone who I have luck listening to in the past, and the library did not have it.)… (més)