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Summary: Gnostic Arrogance
Review: Dr. Potter's book is a joyful gloat that ancient texts were found that shed doubt on the deity of Jesus Christ. Dr. Potter chastises "ignorant" fundamentalists everywhere for attributing the miracles of Christ to the power of God, rather than the power of the human mind. ...
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Summary: Gnostic Arrogance
Review: Dr. Potter's book is a joyful gloat that ancient texts were found that shed doubt on the deity of Jesus Christ. Dr. Potter chastises "ignorant" fundamentalists everywhere for attributing the miracles of Christ to the power of God, rather than the power of the human mind. ...
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Summary: Intriguing verification of historical reality
Review: Potter's book does much to validate the historical Jesus though does not complement accepted traditional teachings. For inspiration I found R. Patton's "THE Autobiography" infinitely more satisfying. Potter has done a commendable job of collating factual information that doesn't unquestioningly swallow orhtodoxy. A valuable reference tool.
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Summary: Jumping the Gun
Review: The Rev Dr Charles F Potter first wrote this book sometime in the late 1950's. Before he has written twenty pages, Potter makes the claims that the contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls"disturb" all church-going people and make out-of-date _every_ version of the Bible.
About 50 years later I think of the number of church-goers I know who have only heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the number of new Bible versions (ranging form the Good News Bible to the NIV) which have come into existence since. Potter's predictions have come to nothing and his book is now no more than an item of curiosity for those (of us) willing to read...a *wild* theory... once in a while. I wish I could endorse this book because it points out a few things which are useful and accurate. Potter does point out that the New Testament was written in Koine Greek and not a classical form of the language. Also he is correct in saying that the true nature of New Testament Greek was not realized until the 20th century. However Potter uses these facts to bolster conclusions which are otherwise unconnected. What does it really matter what NT scholars thought of NT Greek compared to the Dead Sea Scrolls? Not even Carston Thiede uses this argument when he tries to say that some of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 7 are from books of the New Testament. Read Potter's book only if you are someone, like me, who will read theories that are really wild just to see what they say.
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Summary: Jumping the Gun
Review: The Rev Dr Charles F Potter first wrote this book sometime in the late 1950's. Before he has written twenty pages, Potter makes the claims that the contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls"disturb" all church-going people and make out-of-date _every_ version of the Bible.
About 50 years later I think of the number of church-goers I know who have only heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the number of new Bible versions (ranging form the Good News Bible to the NIV) which have come into existence since. Potter's predictions have come to nothing and his book is now no more than an item of curiosity for those (of us) willing to read...a *wild* theory... once in a while. I wish I could endorse this book because it points out a few things which are useful and accurate. Potter does point out that the New Testament was written in Koine Greek and not a classical form of the language. Also he is correct in saying that the true nature of New Testament Greek was not realized until the 20th century. However Potter uses these facts to bolster conclusions which are otherwise unconnected. What does it really matter what NT scholars thought of NT Greek compared to the Dead Sea Scrolls? Not even Carston Thiede uses this argument when he tries to say that some of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 7 are from books of the New Testament. Read Potter's book only if you are someone, like me, who will read theories that are really wild just to see what they say.
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