Edward D. Andrews Collection (8 vols.)

Going beyond the basics of biblical interpretation, Edward Andrews has provided a hands-on guide to interpretation from an apologetic perspective. Seeking to provide the very best tools of interpretation, including clarification of technical terms, answers to atheistic biblical criticism, and defense of the inerrancy and divine inspiration of Scripture, A Concise Guide to Biblical Interpretation is an accessible reference book for digging deeper into your understanding of the Bible and defending your faith from misguided scholarship.

The Bible is loaded with thousands of difficult, challenging passages—many of which become obstacles in the development of our faith. These difficulties arise out of differences in culture, language, needs, religious and political organization, not to mention between 2,000 and 3,500 years of separation. Calling attention to these difficulties and sifting out the misconceptions, Edward Andrews defends the inerrancy of the Bible, clarifies apparent contradictions, and arms you with what you need to defend your faith in the Bible.

An Introduction to Bible Difficulties helps you to

• Be prepared to make a defense (1 Peter 3:15)
• Contend for the faith (Jude 1:3)
• Help those who doubt (Jude 1:22–23)

Many critics of the Bible say that we cannot know what was said, because we do not have the originals. This is a false claim, because we can get back to the originals by restoring what was there through the science of textual criticism, and a restored text, is the same as the originals, minus being on the same papyrus.

Starting with the basics, Edward D. Andrews guides you through New Testament textual criticism. Beginning with the threat to the authority and authenticity of the New Testament text (Bible critics), The Text of the New Testament leads you through each aspect of textual studies to prepare you for studying the Bible as a student of textual history. Even more importantly, Andrews presents arguments to defend the Bible’s authority and accuracy against the latest onslaught of atheist and agnostic scholarship undermining the Bible as divinely inspired, inerrant, and irrefutable. Andrews gives the student a history of the text, explaining the art and science of textual criticism, offering the reader a word picture of the ancient books, as well as the basics of paleography (dating manuscripts). He explains how we can restore what the original text said, the different methods of textual criticism, taking the reader through the process of publishing the original New Testament books, along with the 1,400 year period of corruption by copyists, culminating with the 400 years of restoration, and so much more. This will enable the Bible student to defend himself against those who wish to cast doubt on the trustworthiness of our Greek New Testament text.

Tracing the origin of the Documentary Hypothesis through the centuries, Edward Andrews investigates the assumptions and presuppositions underlying every theory, critically analyzing the original Bible text and addressing popular issues and authorial concerns. By comparing the textual evidence and the commentaries of scholars from the past four centuries, Andrews effectively debunks the Documentary Hypothesis, providing an alternative theory that lifts the Bible up as a reliable source of factual information as well as consistent truth.

Expanding on R. A. Torrey’s original Difficulties in the Bible, Edward Andrews answers today’s most challenging questions raised against the Bible. Taking the most difficult passages of the Bible and addressing them with humility and determination, Andrews sheds light on the biggest stumbling blocks of Scripture, from the scientific issues of the creation story to historical and genealogical issues of early mankind. For anyone who wrestles with doubt concerning the accuracy of the Bible in matters scientific, historical, or literary, Difficulties in the Bible Updated provides answers, hope, and truth in the text that informs our faith.

Edward Andrews boldly answers the challenges Bart D. Ehrman puts against the divine inspiration and authority of the Bible. By glimpsing into the life of Bart D. Ehrman and following along his course of academic studies, Andrews helps the reader to understand the biases, assumptions, and shortcomings supporting Ehrman’s arguments. Using sound logic, technical exegesis, and conservative interpretation, Andrews helps scholars overcome the teachings of biblical errancy that Ehrman propagates.

From the time the New Testament was first copied to the twenty-first century, scribes and translators have faced a myriad of concerns in preserving the biblical text. Edward Andrews guides the reader through the challenges of translation, from which original manuscripts to trust to the issues in the language barrier to the theological concerns raised in the translation process. Containing a history of the Bible’s translation and appendixes on translation conferences and debates, The Complete Guide to Bible Translation is perfect for any beginner interested in learning about the process involved in each translation, or for the more experienced Bible student, looking for resources to support his translational and textual studies.

Giving accessible and easy methods for inductive Bible study, Edward Andrews teaches how to study the Bible on a deep, scholarly level. Providing a reading plan, outlines, and backgrounds for each book in the Bible, Andrews gives the reader easy and memorable principles and methods to follow for producing one’s own exegesis. Edwards even goes as far as demonstrating how to use other extrabiblical tools in your Bible study, such as Bible commentaries, lexicons, and other nonbiblical material. Finally, he teaches methods for defending the theological positions you come across in your Bible study so that you never are caught unguarded against doubt and criticism.