BOOK NOTES

 

Atonement and Psychotherapy by Don S. Browning is just off the press, and it may be just what a number of our readers are looking for. Its thesis is that insights from psychotherapeutic psychology can be used to clarify our understanding of the atoning work of Jesus Christ. It is a little expensive at $6.00, but it is that kind of a book.

Another very recent publication is Studies in Christian Existentialism by John Macquarrie. Maybe you have heard a lot of nasty things about Existentialism without really being told what it is. This book not only tells you what it is, but it shows how it can be Christian. It is $6.00.

For those who want to use our Credit Plan and pay $5.00 a month or 10% of the balance, whichever is higher, we invite them to consider a few of our larger volumes and sets, which of course come higher. But any or all of the above books can also be purchased on the Credit Plan.

The New Bible Dictionary is nearly 1400 pages and is rich. Only $12.95. The twin volume, T he New Bible Commentary, covers the entire volume, and does it very well indeed with splendid introductions to each book; 1200 pages; a real bargain at $8.95. Consider this set for a Christmas gift for someone who loves the Bible and wants help in studying it.

Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible is of course the last word in concordances, for it gives you the Greek and Hebrew words along with their translation. Also 50 pages of recent discoveries in Bible Lands by W. F. Albright. I know of no work more useful to the serious Bible student. This is a huge volume with about 1400 large pages, providing a lifetime of study. Only $13.75, or $15.50 if you want it thumb-indexed.

We can still let you have Hastings’ Great Texts of the Bible for only $56.25. It is usually about $80.00 for this old-line 21-volume set, rich and resourceful.

For those who enjoy getting into the meaning of Biblical language we commend the little volumes by Kenneth Wuest, resourceful but inexpensive, deep and yet not technical. Golden Nuggets and Treasures from the Greek New Testament are both paperbacks and only 1.45 each. The Practical Use of the Green New Testament is hardback, but still only 3.25. Other helpful volumes are Bypaths in the Greek New Testament and Untranslatable Riches, both hardback and only 2.25.

Remember the review of Voices of Concern by James D. Bales, beginning in the January issue. Be sure you have your copy of Voices of Concern. We are ready to mail you one the same day your order arrives. Only 3.50.

Resources of Power will be the name of our first hardcover edition of this journal. It will include all issues of 1966, which is volume 8, making a 200 page book, including index. We are planning for a March 15 publication date. We hope to do this each year, but the editions will have to be limited, so we urge you to place your order with us now. The price will be moderate, somewhere around 3.00 or 3.50.

We will send you loose copies of back issues for 15 cents each or 8 for 1.00, and we have them back to the first issue. These are useful to have around to hand or mail to a friend. A few of the quarterly numbers remain (prior to 1964) and they are yours at 3 for 1.00.

Why Christians Crack Up is written by a physician, and you’ll be impressed with his chapter on “Factor of Satanic Attack.” One reason we crack up is that the devil is after us! Does that sound like an M.D.? “Physical Factors in Mental Health” will also interest you. Only 2.95.

We have Making Ethical Decisions, a little volume I use in my Ethics class. The chapter on “But Who Wants to be Good?” is alone worth the 1.00 it costs.

Prof. James D. Bales of Harding College has sent us his first installment of his examination of Voices of Concern: Critical Studies in Church of Christism. Prof. Robert Meyers of Friends University, editor of the book, will reply to this first piece. This will appear in the January issue, 1967. This volume of Restoration Review will be issued in hardback edition, attractively bound with dust jacket, with “Resources of Power” as the title. Please reserve a copy in advance. The price will be moderate. Send us a club of subs at only $3.00 for six names. Single subs are $1.00 per year. Exciting things are ahead. Renew at once, and why not send a club along with it? RESTORATION REVIEW, 1201 Windsor Drive, Demon, Texas 76201.