Accordance Bible Software Blog Comments

Michael Dodd

Michael Dodd — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:08:22 -0500

I'm very glad to see the Halley's Bible Handbook. It's an essential book that amplifies any bible study. I call it the Cliff's notes on the bible and I love that it really doesn't give an opinion of the scripture. It just breaks up the books in an easy to to understand outline and give some historical and archeological information as well as maps and info. This is not a Commentary at all, it's just that.. A Handbook.

Carl Rasmussen

Carl Rasmussen — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:35:32 -0500

Norman, I am not certain which edition of Hallely's is being used for accordance, but since Ed van der Maas updated the whole book beginning with the 25th edition published in 2000, I think you will find this a very significant upgrade of the whole work. I think your comments may be based upon pre-25th editions of this book rather than on post-25th edtions of the work.

David Lang

David Lang — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:39:27 -0500

Norman, if we never made any sectarian materials available I'm afraid we would have very few resources that would qualify. That's why we do our best to make resources from a wide variety of perspectives and theological traditions available. We have resources from Catholic authors who criticize Calvinists, Calvinist authors who criticize Arminians, and on and on it goes. Still, it's important that people are aware of what they're getting before they purchase it, so I appreciate your pointing out Halley's biases.

Norman Dalton

Norman Dalton — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:27:08 -0500

This has got to be one of the most jingoistic and anti-(Roman) Catholic books ever written. It regularly distorts church history for sectarian purposes and cannot be trusted for any kind of objective understanding of the Bible. It is Fundamentalist with a capital doctrinal "F" to the core.