Biblical Creationism, a review
Biblical Creationism, What Each book of the Bible Teaches about Creation and the Flood
by Henry M. Morris (Baker Books, 1993) 274 pp.
Reviewed by T. C. Pinckney Vol. XXIII, No. 1, January 2010
Dr. Henry M. Morris (1918-2006) is considered by many to be the, or certainly one of the fathers of the renewed interest in creation as a scientifically valid concept. This movement is generally considered to have begun with the publication of The Genesis Floodco-authored by Henry Morris and John C. Whitcomb and published in 1961. Morris was one of ten founders of the Creation Research Society and in 1970 founded the Institute for Creation Research, now headed by his son Henry M. Morris, III. Dr. Morris was a prolific writer, and Appendix C of Biblical Creationism lists twelve of his books on various aspects of creationism.
Biblical Creationism is the only book I know of which presents a complete survey of all the scriptural passages that mention creation or events of primeval world history. As one might expect, Morris starts with Genesis in chapters 1-3 and part of 4. The rest of chapter 4 addresses the other Mosaic books, while chapter 5 discusses Job, which Morris says, “contains more references to the creation and the other events of primeval history than any book in the Bible except Genesis.” The following chapters discuss creation references in the order of the biblical books.
Morris’ work is amazingly thorough and consistently interesting and informative. He makes an iron-clad case that creation is the basis of all biblical doctrine and that Genesis “is the foundation book of the bible, upon which all the rest is built.”
An unexpected and, to me, extremely interesting addition to the book is Appendix A, Creation in Extra-Biblical Writings. Here Morris discusses creation references in the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha, Josephus, and other ancient books.
Christmas in coming soon. Wouldn’t this be an excellent gift for someone you love?