| January 24, 2001 - For the first time, the
relationship of historical evidence to the New Testament has been made accessible to the
general reader, thanks to the new book EVIDENCE AND PAUL’S JOURNEYS.
Written by Jefferson White, an award-winning author and independent scholar, this book
is a detailed examination of the evidence surrounding the travels of the Apostle Paul.
Until now, the only books available on this subject for non-scholars were general surveys
that dealt only superficially with the evidence.
Jefferson White has distilled many years of study into a book that the ordinary reader
will find fast-flowing and entertaining. He provides a complete look at the evidence, with
detailed footnotes and a scholarly appendix. You’ve read top of the line science
writing that is meant for the general public. This is the first book that deals with
biblical scholarship in the same manner.
This compact book of 168 pages examines many dozens of statements contained in the book
of Acts and Paul’s letters, and compares them to evidence found in independent
historical sources. This evidence includes:
- city, regional, and provincial political boundaries, some of which existed only in the
middle of the first century, the era of Paul’s travels.
- political titles, Roman and local, in the various cities and provinces of the empire.
- social and political characteristics unique to the cities and provinces that Paul
visited.
- archeological findings that have a bearing on the biblical narrative.
- distances that Paul traveled on land and on sea, and how long it took to cover those
distances, according to the scriptures and to ancient and modern testimony.
- meteorological and nautical evidence relevant to Paul’s travels by sea, including
the spectacular confirmation of the details surrounding his shipwreck on Malta.
- Paul’s arrests and trials, and the legal maneuverings that took place in quite
different jurisdictions, studied in the light of evidence about ancient law.
- Paul’s dealings with noted individuals who are also written about in pagan and
Jewish historical accounts.
- a comprehensive examination of the complex evidential relation between Paul’s
letters and the book of Acts.
For the first time, all the historical details of Paul’s journeys are found in a
single book written for the general reader.
Evidence and Paul’s Journeys
Author: Jefferson White
Publication Date: January 24, 2001 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 0-9705695-0-5
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 , 138 pages
includes six maps, bibliography, footnotes, index
Available through: Amazon.com,
Barnes
and Noble.com, and Parsagard Press
Published by: Parsagard Press, Hilliard, Ohio.
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