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Summary: A Book That's Helped Millions Discover The Creator!
Review: I encourage all of you that have heard about Halley's Bible Handbook to check out the new 25th edition - Halley's Bible Handbook with the New International Version (also available on Amazon.com). I am the great granddaughter of the author, Henry H. Halley, and the current president of Halley's Bible Handbook, Inc. The new edition has updated archaeology as well as all new maps, photographs and illustrations. My husband and I, both born-again believers, had the blessed opportunity to be involved in the revision process. We have tried to addressed areas of concern in the prior edition and we encourage you to check out the completely revised commentary on Revelation.
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Summary: A Book That's Helped Millions Discover The Creator!
Review: I encourage all of you that have heard about Halley's Bible Handbook to check out the new 25th edition - Halley's Bible Handbook with the New International Version (also available on Amazon.com). I am the great granddaughter of the author, Henry H. Halley, and the current president of Halley's Bible Handbook, Inc. The new edition has updated archaeology as well as all new maps, photographs and illustrations. My husband and I, both born-again believers, had the blessed opportunity to be involved in the revision process. We have tried to addressed areas of concern in the prior edition and we encourage you to check out the completely revised commentary on Revelation.
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Summary: Clear, Concise, Very Understandable
Review: I have spent alot of time reading Halley's Bible Handbook. It has helped me get an overview of any book of the Bible I am reading. If you want to know the following about any book of the Bible ie... who wrote it, why was it written, to whom was it written, when it was written, the times and circumstances surrounding the writing and a general summary of the book then Halley's Bible Handbook is the one for you.
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Summary: Great
Review: The only Bible hand book you'll ever need. I'd recommend this to anyone who seriouly wants to learn Biblical History, or any one who loves study in depth God's Word. This book will help you really learn and study the Holy Bible. Combine this with a Chorndance and a Study Bible and you'll be studying until the cows come home. Once you start reading and useing this Handbook you WILL NOT STOP, it is that Good!
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Summary: Great Helpmeet!
Review: This book offers a lot to someone wanting to know any background of a book of the Bible - and a little more! Great wording and the organization of the information makes it easier to look things up. Loved it!
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Summary: A Good Place to Begin
Review: This was one of the first books I obtained when I became a Christian as a teen-ager many years ago. It was the only real "hand-book" that was available. It is a great place to start.It has its short-comings like every work, but it also has a wealth of information. The positive aspects of the work far outweigh the negative (unless you have your own ax to grind).
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Summary: A Good Place to Begin
Review: This was one of the first books I obtained when I became a Christian as a teen-ager many years ago. It was the only real "hand-book" that was available. It is a great place to start. It has its short-comings like every work, but it also has a wealth of information. The positive aspects of the work far outweigh the negative (unless you have your own ax to grind).
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Summary: More on Halley's views in this book.
Review: Yes, Mr. Halley was something of a white Christian supremacist (but back in the 1920's so were a lot of Americans). He does appear in his handbook to use the good book to advocate the view of Japhetites (Aryans) being meant to conquer the earth and rule over Hamites (blacks) and Semites (Jewish people).Mr. Halley was very wrong to do this but then again a lot of people used to feel this very same way. And he was a young earth creationist. This was rare for a 1920's Christian, as in the 1920's Old Earth Creationsm was the way of the day for people who took the Bible so literally. However, in his handbook Mr. Halley shows that, while indeed an advocate for young humankind, he believed in a regional flood of Noah rather a worldwide one (unlike most YEC's). This is a sanity saving grace (no pun intended) on the author's part. Mr. Halley also discusses the possibility of the six day creation period being 6 long geogical eras of time. In short, his racial views are more offensive than his creationist ones (though the latter are sometimes still a bit ridiculuos looking too).
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