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Rec. mine this very minute from the UPS man. :) Very excited to start it!
I found the following review rather curious:
But Craig Evans, a Protestant bible expert, said Protestants of many stripes would be surprised at how Protestant the book reads, and that he wouldn’t hesitate to put it on his syllabus for his conservative, Baptist seminary students.
“If it didn’t say Pope Benedict on the cover, they might not even be sure they were reading a Catholic book,” he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_pope_s_book
Has anyone in Canada had any luck finding a place to order the book from and get it in a reasonable time? As an American in Canada I just sort of assumed it would be available on amazon.ca at the same time as amazon.com. They say, however, the book will arrive between April 6-11. For 38 bucks Amazon.com will get it to me next week, but for that I may as well buy both the kindle version and wait for the hardback, which I may do but I’d rather just be able to get the book earlier for a reasonable price.
NCtrad, The book is about the events of Holy Week so a Protestant would find less in it that was distinctively, or objectionably, Catholic and not also Protestant. If the book were about Marian doctrine that reviewer would not say the same. Protestant Bible scholars love our Pope’s scholarship by and large.
NCtrad: “If it didn’t say Pope Benedict on the cover, they might not even be sure they were reading a Catholic book,” he said.
Of course, those of us in the Bible belt can understand this reaction by a Protestant. Just the other day, my wife was asked by a nice lady in a store whether Catholics believe in Christ. Well-intentioned as this lady seemed, she might would not have guessed by herself that Pope Benedict does also. And, if she heard about this book, might be curious as to why he would have written a book a book about Jesus.
Mine is out for delivery right now. I can’t wait to read it.
Downloaded it to my iPad in eBook format. I’ll try and pace myself. ;-)
But Henry, it wasn’t just “a Protestant”. If Craig Evans were simply an average baptist you might meet in the grocery store, I wouldn’t be surprised (saddened perhaps, but not surprised) either.
He’s not though. If he teaches baptist seminary students don’t you think his understanding of protestant theology and how it differes from Catholicism is a bit greater that the average baptist?
Hah! I pre-ordered mine on January 8th from Amazon.com. Yesterday I received a revision to the expected arrival date – from April 28th to April 25th. I just know that I will not receive it before mid May – after all, other items I had ordered the same day were shipped on January 11th and were scheduled to arrive (in Trinidad) by February 21st. I have hadn’t had the bulky correspondence card from the post office yet…..
Could someone with access to the text of the book speak to the truth of this?
banjo pickin girl-
The events of Holy Week include the Last Supper where the first Holy Mass was said and the sacerdotal priesthood was conferred upon the Apostles. Any Catholic handling of this subject would be repugnant to a protestant. So did the Holy Father skip the Last Supper or water the meaning down to be acceptable to out “separated brethren?” I honestly don’t know since I haven’t, nor do I intend to, read the book.
That aside, Ezra rightly points out the problematic statements regarding jewish conversion. [You say “rightly”, but you say you haven’t read the book. So, you don’t have the slightest idea, do you?]
Ezra:
(pp44,45) I haven’t got much further myself, and I don’t think I should make any comment until I’ve read it through at least once.