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The Genesis Debate : Three Views on the Days of Creation
by J. Ligon Duncan III, David W. Hall, Hugh Ross, Gleason L. Archer, Lee Irons, Meredith G. Kline
from Global Publishing Services

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
  I purchased this book to gain a greater understanding of the 24-hour and framework views. I found the day-age views and the framework views extremely well presented. Whether or not you agree with these positions, the authors present their views thoughtfully, respectfully, and with great clarity and depth. I found the essays from both views to be very enjoyable and I learned something from both of them.
  The 24-hour view, however, was a great disappointment. The presentation basically boiled down to... more info

• 24 hours
  They perhaps could have chosen more sholars to represent each case.
  If you would like more exposition on the Biblical, grammatical, and theological case for 24-hour days, check out [www.answersingenesis.org] and more specifically [http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/Genesis.asp].

• All hail the Framework Theory!
  In getting two Young-Earth proponents to debate their ideas in a civilized format with proponents of other views, the editors of this volume have more than earned their 5 stars (I'd give them six if six were an option). Young Earth'ers are vociferous dogmatics who routinely castigate other believers as heretics for not subscribing wholeheartedly to their particular interpretation of Genesis - in arranging for a fair debate between Young Earth creationists and other scholars, this book reveals how Biblically... more info

• Beneficial for understanding the differences
  The Genesis Debate allows 3 pairs of scholarly authors to present (and dialog on) the 3 most widespread evangelical interpretations of the creation days. The presented views are the 24-Hour (young earth created in 144 consecutive hours), Day-Age (old earth created over 6 extended periods of time), and Framework (Genesis 1 is a literary expression of actual non-sequential creation events at some unknown time in history). The book format allowed each team to present their view, the other 2 teams respond to... more info

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