The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible.(Brief Review)

According to Oxford historian Fox (Pagans and Christians), "Scripture is not God's word in any strong sense, nor is it unerring, with the possible exception of a few trivial facts." He asserts that Genesis offers two Creation stories that don't correspond to historical suppositions and are made up from two contradictory sources; Luke's account of the Nativity is incongruous with his own date for he Annunciation and with Matthew's narrative of the Nativity; Jewish authors of the Bible wrote unreservedly under false names, choosing those of superiors in the distant past, such as Solomon and David. Moreover, the Gospels do not …