We have an active blogger review program here at Energion, so we like to post something about book reviews from time to time. Today’s note comes from the blog Ancient Hebrew Grammar, and discusses the importance of reviewing books on their own terms.
We really have not had a problem with this in our review program, but there are certainly enough examples of reviewers ignoring the intended audience of a book in printed reviews.
John Byron wonders, prompted by an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Both articles refer specifically to scholarly book reviews, but book reviews by bloggers can have the same problems. I like to see some analysis in a review, along with some direction. Where might this study have done better? Where might it have…
Brian LePort has a review of Herold Weiss’s book Creation in Scripture. It’s a nice review along with a summary of the contents. LePort is quite correct in noting that this is not an academic book. That’s not it’s purpose. In fact, it’s purpose is precisely what he recommends it for: Overall it was a…
Elgin Hushbeck has reviewed Rite of Passage for the Home and Church. Here’s a sample: Thus Brown argues for a revolutionary course of action, but one that should be music to every believer’s ears: That we treat our teenagers following the biblical pattern. Most of the book is aimed at defending this view and then…
He says: Too bloody short! This is one of Energion Publications’ Topical Line Drives booklets, meant to introduce a topic directly by zeroing in on the necessities, but this time the abbreviated coverage left me wanting much more. Maybe that’s a good thing. Well, we kind of expect to hear that the TLD volumes are…
Lee Harmon says in his blog: …the nineteenth century introduced a way of thinking about historical studies which we call the historical method, which, if followed rigorously, simply cannot address supernatural claims. God is left out in the cold. Nevertheless, Vick gives us license to act as historians, encourages us to embrace today’s scientific age,…
