The idea that the original manuscripts of the Bible had
secret meaning behind the words used-- secrets that were hidden until now--has
been with us a long time.
When I saw this book in an advertisement in a respectable
Theological magazine, I knew I had to get it and review it and set the record
straight.
This teaching that the words of the original languages hide
some secret message is still being circulated today and being taught in some so
called respectable theological seminaries. So it is an issue that must be
answered. And having books such as this come out don’t help.
It is being marketed as a nonfiction book. Smith is not a theologian
as far as I know. It seems he got it in his mind that since he had six sons and
a daughter and his father had six sons and a daughter and Leah, in the book of Genesis,
the first book in the Hebrew Bible, had six sons and a daughter, there was a
message hidden for him to discover in the Hebrew text.
He claims to have discovered a key code using his first name
which unlocks a message which has been hidden from us. It is best explain by Smith himself at www.chamberlainkey.com.
All I am going to say is this is poor Hermeneutics , the
study of interpretation. That is, the
rules to proper understanding of the text. This story is not good scholarship.
I cannot and won’t recommend it
That said let me say I was sent this book gratis for the purpose
of a review by blogging for books. Com. I was not required to give it a pass. I
was only required to read it and post a review in my book blog.
All views are
my own and do not reflect on the publisher.
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