"WRITTEN FOR OUR INSTRUCTION"

"TO THE making of many books there is no end."  (Ecclesiastes 12:12)  The glut of printed matter available today makes those words as true today as when they ere written.  How, then, can a discerning reader decide what deserves his attention?

When contemplating a book that they might read, many readers want to know something about the author.  Publishers may insert a small paragraph that supplies the name of the writer's hometown, how academic credentials, and a list of his published works.  The identity of a writer is important, as seen in the fact  that in earlier centuries, female authors often wrote under a male pseudonym so that  would-be readers would not judge the book inferior merely because it was written by a woman.

Sadly, as noted in the preceding article, some ignore the Hebrew Scriptures because they believe that the God portrayed therein is a cruel deity who destroyed his enemies without  mercy.  Let us consider what the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Greek Scriptures themselves tell us about the Author of the Bible.

Next time: About the Author

Watchtower, 2007