I haven’t yet seen a copy of this new book, The Scofield Bible: Its History and Impact on the Evangelical Church (by R. Todd Magnum and Mark S. Sweetnam, published by Paternoster), but it sure looks like an interesting volume.
Here is Scot McKnight’s take:
In very readable and accessible prose, not to forget the high level of civility and charity in interpreting the foibles and influence of Scofield, Mangum and Sweetman study the life of Scofield—his Confederate army years, his political years in Kansas that ended in disgrace, his conversion, his Bible studies and his Bible and his legacy of Christian ministries in all directions—as well as the theological roots of the Scofield Bible, the theology of the Scofield Bible itself, and the impact of the Scofield Bible in Britain, the USA and on evangelicalism.
If anyone out there has read it, feel free to leave a comment about what you think of it.
