- Hardcover: 274 pages
- Publisher: Millennium Press; illustrated edition edition (April 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0965504700
- ISBN-13: 978-0965504706
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.1 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,081,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
• Dissects modern scenarios of the end of the world
• Investigates the claims of fundamentalist ministers
• Investigates the claims of fundamentalist ministers
As the millennium approaches many claim we are living in the end times. Is our world coming to an end as described in the Book of Revelation? By comparing the predictions to actual history, as well as to each other and by noting evidence of historical anachronisms and faulty scholarship on the part of fundamentalist apologists, Callahan subjects the prophecies of the Bible to four rigorous questions: 1) Is the prophecy true, false or too vague to be specifically interpreted? 2) If the prophecy is true was it written before or after the fact? 3) If it was written before the fact, was its fulfillment something that could be predicted based on a logical interpretation of the events of the prophet's day? 4) Was the prophecy directive or deliberately fulfilled by someone with knowledge of the prophecy? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Tim Callahan has written numerous articles on religion and mythic themes in popular belief, as well as book reviews, for Skeptic Magazine. He has also had articles published in the Humanist. For many years he has studied the myths of the Mesopotmians, Egyptians, Canaanites and Greeks as well as those of the Celtic, Teutonic and Slavic peoples.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Required Bible background reading,
By Donald Frades (Los Osos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bible Prophecy: Failure or Fulfillment? (Hardcover)
Let's forget all the stuff about "scholarly" and "not scholarly." Undoubtedly there are plenty of scholarly works (mostly unread, probably) better than this one, but for 99% of the American population, even this book is pretty damn scholarly. To me, it is terribly conceited to assume that a regular Joe, a person with a passing interest (and a regular job) would go hunting down doctoral theses or academic publications, as though anything less were childish or sensationalist. Most people read to find out, and find out they will with this book.In terms of accuracy and organization, this book seems to be very well put-together. As another reviewer shrewdly noted, it only takes one proven inconsistency to shatter the biblical infallability notion, and Callahan has plenty more than that. If you've ever wondered what to say when real Bible believers start throwing prophecy and its fulfillment at you, this is a great place to start....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Right but not on target,
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This review is from: Bible Prophecy: Failure or Fulfillment? (Paperback)
There is no need to prove that biblical prophecies have been misinterpeted or are wrong.The fact is that if you know how the bible came to be and what it is, you would never consider it anything but an Israelite piece of high literature, like the Illiad is a a piece of Greek high literature. God has nothing to do with either.
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Very good work,
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This review is from: Bible Prophecy: Failure or Fulfillment? (Hardcover)
This book will not change any fundamentalist minds but for those who see the Bible as what it is, this book is invaluable.
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