Facts, Fiction, and the Bible: The Truth Behind the Stories in the Old Testament

Gijsbert J.B. Sulman

Balboa Press, Apr 12, 2016 - Religion - 670 pages

Facts, Fiction, and the Bible: The Truth behind the Stories in the Old Testament serves as a readers guide to conducting a thorough investigation of the stories contained in the books of the Bibles Old Testament. Its historical exploration helps to distinguish the storiesverifiable facts from their narrative fictions. The author, Gijsbert J.G. Sulman, builds upon a long history of Bible study and research to bolster his sifting of those facts from the Bibles fictions.

The serious student of the Bible will find a wealth of resources at hand in the pages of Facts, Fiction, and the Bible. Twenty-two chapters treat the Old Testaments major themes, events, and figures. Plentiful illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and copious endnotes provide exhaustive visual and textual documentation to support the books presentation.

By taking stock of a wealth of research and integrating it with a careful reading of the biblical text, Facts, Fiction, and the Bible: The Truth behind the Stories in the Old Testament presents to the reader a careful and reasoned assessment of the truth lying behind and beneath the Old Testaments stories. With this in-depth survey in hand, the reader will come to know and to appreciate the Bibles stories and to discern what really happened.

About the author

Gijsbert J.B. Sulman, born in the Netherlands, grew up in a strict, Calvinist family. Immersed in Bible study as a child, he spent more than a decade as an adult researching the historicity of the biblical narratives. He is now retired and lives near Perth in Western Australia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Facts, Fiction, and the Bible: The Truth Behind the Stories in the Old Testament
• Author: Gijsbert J.B. Sulman
• Publisher: Balboa Press, 2016
• ISBN: 1504301129, 9781504301121
• Length: 670 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament