The Bible under Trial: Apologetic Papers in View of Present-Day Assaults on Holy Scripture

by James Orr

Publisher:

Marshall Brothers

, 1907

Overview

The essays composing The Bible under Trial were originally published serially in The Life of Faith as a popular apologetic series in defense of the Bible. The essays are written from the standpoint of faith in the Bible as the inspired and authoritative record for us of God’s revealed will. The following essays are included:

• The Present Day Trial of the Bible
• An Instructive Object Lesson
• “Presuppositions” in Old Testament Criticism
• “Settled Results” in Criticism
• Israel’s God and Worship
• Archeology as Searchlight
• The Citadel—Christ
• The Bulwark of the Gospels
• Oppositions of Science
• The Bible and Ethics: “God and My Neighbor”
• Discrepancies and Difficulties
• The Bible the Hope of the World

Praise for the Print Edition

Professor James Orr of Glasgow, who is one of the profoundest and best read of biblical scholars, and perhaps the ablest defender of conservative views in biblical criticism is the author of a volume entitled The Bible under Trial which makes a strong appeal to clergy and laity alike by its ripe scholarship and forceful and simple style.

—The Living Age

Product Details

• Title: The Bible under Trial: Apologetic Papers in View of Present-Day Assaults on Holy Scripture
• Author: James Orr
• Publisher: Marshall Brothers
• Print Publication Date: 1907
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 323
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLTRIALORR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:12:35Z

About James Orr

James Orr (1844-1913), born in Glasgow, was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian. He was minister at East Bank United Presbyterian Church, Hawick from 1874 to 1891, and professor of apologetics and theology at Glasgow College of the United Free Church from 1901 until his death. One of his more prominent works is The Christian View of God and the World as Centering in the Incarnation (1893).

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