The Four Gospels: A Guide to Their Historical Background, Characteristic Differences, and Timeless Significance, by William S. Stob
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The Four Gospels have been read and studied for nearly 2,000 years. As early as the second century Irenaeus, Church father and martyr, declared that four accounts of the life of Christ were needed - no more and no less! Yet many Christians, in spite of the numerous and excellent commentaries available today, cannot answer the question, “Why four Gospels?” This in-depth volume, which took 20 years to research and 10 years to write, clearly reveals the necessity of a four-fold portrait of Christ. Selected excerpts from some of the most celebrated writers of the past, such as A. Edersheim, Chas. Erdman, F. W. Farrar, Edw. Gibbon, F. L. Godet, D. S. Gregory, F. W. Krummacher, H. H. Milman, G. Campbell Morgan, Arthur Pink, Sir Wm. Ramsay, Chas. Rollin, R. C. Trench, B. F. Westcott, and scores of others, are incorporated throughout the book in order to explain and substantiate the historical background and characteristic differences of the Four Gospels. This work is an excellent reference for teachers, students, and historians, but is designed for Christians in all walks of life. A homeschooling mother stated that the “work is quite readable (even by a pressured mom) and very worthwhile. I especially like the organization of the book, which helped me keep my bearings. The history is fascinating and helpful.”
The Four Gospels: A Guide to Their Historical Background, Characteristic Differences, and Timeless Significance, by William S. Stob- Amazon Sales Rank: #207211 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-17
- Released on: 2015-06-17
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About the Author The author grew up in Cicero, Illinois, and received his early education in private schools associated with the Christian Reformed Church. Later, he studied at Morton College (A.A.), Elmhurst College (B.A.), and Concordia University Chicago (M.A.). Before moving to Michigan, Bill was a public school teacher, an officer in The Gideons, and a regular speaker at skid-row missions in Chicago. He has taught Sunday school classes in Bible and Baptist churches for over 25 years and, as an avid historian and book collector, has an extensive library with original editions dating back to 1623. Bill and his wife, Becky, were married in 1969 and have two grown daughters, Jennifer and Rachel, who were homeschooled through twelfth grade. Both graduated with honors from Bob Jones University.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. 'Historical background, characteristic differences and timeless significance' By Helen Hancox The back cover of this book explains that the author is "an avid historian and book collector, [who] has an extensive library with original editions dating back to 1623". There's no doubt about this, having read 'The Four Gospels', as it feels like a series of quotations from a wide range of books loosely held together with short linking texts by William Stob.It's an attractively-presented book with an appealing cover and some photographs of famous religious works of art. However the text is dense and small and the indentation of quotations occasionally meant it was hard to see where the author's own words began again. Content-wise it focuses individually on each gospel with additional chapters about the historical background (such as the Romans, Greeks, Jews) and the focus in the gospel on an aspect of Jesus's person (King, prophet, priest, redeemer). This structure worked well for the book but was perhaps a bit of a stretch in the gospels themselves at times which are not as easily demarcated as perhaps this book hopes.The author's theology very much affects how he writes and modern-day Biblical Studies students would find large gaps in his discussions, for example he mentions almost nothing about sources for the synoptic gospels. His quotations are from the King James Version with all its disadvantages (as well as its beauty) although it fits in rather well with this self-confessed book lover's view on the written word. I'm not entirely sure of the book's purpose; in some ways it would work more effectively as a devotional than a textbook because of the way in which it is written and its choice of content but it wouldn't fit particularly well in that genre either. Apparently the book took him ten years to write which is understandable - it clearly took a huge amount of research and reads as one man's homage to his library and how it shapes his view of the gospels and his love for these texts.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful. muddled writing hopelessly lost in its own ideas By DR-J-J How does . One review a book like this? Certainly some could find it useful. It is certainly chocked full of quotes, mostly from 1700's to 1900's.Still,with so many excellent "Introduction to the Gospels" available, this one seems near the bottom for current usefulness and importance. Do you really want to read on and on about the superiority of monotheism over polytheism, or the history of ideas in religions. Even if these ideas were important to the reader, the writing seems needlessly muddled....here is an example of the writing...certainly not the authors worst example, but an average example to let you see what you experience the tone and lack of clear direction:In heathenism it is indirect, and mainly, though not entirely, negative, proceeding from below upward, and ending with a helpless cry of mankind for redemption. . . . In Judaism the true religion was prepared for mankind, and in heathenism mankind was prepared for its reception. . . . The flower of paganism appears in the two great nations of classic antiquity, Greece and Rome. With the language, morality, literature, and religion of these nations Christianity came directly into contact. These, together with the Jews, were the chosen nations of the ancient world, and shared the earth among them. While the Jews were chosen for things eternal, to keep the sanctuary of the true religion, the Greeks prepared the elements of natural culture, of science and art for the use of the Church, and the Romans developed the idea of law, and organized the civilized world in a universal empire, ready to serve the spiritual universality of the Gospel."Not horrible writing. One can follow the author. But one is NOTdrawn into it...in fact, one reads most of this book wondering if the author had much of a reason for writing rather than to explore religious ideas that are tangential to the gospels, but avoiding the message of the Gospels. Not my cup of tea.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Four Gospels by William Stob By U. Reed Moore This book does a great job of linking what God was doing in the world outside of the historical accounts in the Bible to prepare forJesus arrival on earth and to disseminate the resultant interpretations of His message and purpose by the four gospel writers. The author links a vast number of historical and theological sources into his narrative to make his case. While I approached being overwhelmed by both the depth and volume of material, the author's case is convincingly made. God manipulates world events for His purposes. Also, the different perspectives of the gospel writers form the foundation of our Christian theology and belief system.
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