Format: (Softcover)
ISBN 13: 9781662842726
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Number of Pages: 346
Publisher: Xulon Press
Publication Date: 04/06/2022

In her third volume of Is the Bible a Dangerous Book, Beryl Lavender explores the relevance for the 21^st Century of the biblical books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. She shows how the depression and anxiety that biblical authors endured during times of upheaval and distress, speak directly to us, and how we, like them, can rediscover confidence and joy by turning to God. She also addresses, in the first part of this volume and in the conclusion, criticisms levelled at Christianity and the Bible, and shows how most of them are unfounded or distort the truth.

South African born Beryl Lavender is a former journalist and teacher of English and Divinity, now living in Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom. This is the third in her series of biblical commentaries. The first was the ‘The Story of the Torah’ published in 2017, and the second was ‘The Broken Contract’ published in 2018. She is currently working on her last commentary on The Old Testament, covering the prophetic books from ‘Isaiah’ to ‘Malachi.’

Format: (Softcover)
ISBN 13: 9781662890130
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Number of Pages: 310
Publisher: Xulon Press
Publication Date: 02/05/2024

This final volume of Beryl Lavender’s commentary on the Old Testament is about the Books of the Prophets, from Isaiah to Malachi. She shows how alarmingly like our own times were the times of Ancient Israel when people refused to heed the warnings of the prophets, rejected God, demanded their rights, embraced moral relativism, indulged in all manner of sex, blamed others for their problems, and marched determinedly into disaster. But she shows too how the prophets predicted the coming of the Messiah who would save  from ultimate disaster all those who turned to him.

South African born Beryl Lavender, former journalist and teacher of English and Divinity, lives in Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom. This is the final volume of her four-part commentary on the Old Testament. The first three were ‘The Story of the Torah,’ ‘The Broken Contract’ and ‘Problems, Praises and Proverbs.’ She plans to visit Israel in November 2023 as a prelude to a commentary on The New Testament.