Professor Dyer's guide covers "the Land of Israel", meaning the State of Israel and the occupied territories, the "Land of Jordan", meaning Jordan, and "the Lands of the Aegean", meaning a few places in what are currently Greek speaking areas. Egypt and Ur are not included, for some reason. Certainly the Tanakh ("Old Testament") attributes some pretty holy happenings to them. Within these chapters each place includes a brief description and a chronology of its significance in the Christian Bible, with reference limited to those aspects likely to be of interest to American fundamentalist Protestants, rather than Orthodox or Catholic brethren and sisters. The good doctor does not seek controversy in this work, however, and includes two maps with the current political boundaries clearly shown. A separate section of poor quality color photographs even has a couple of figures described as Arabs, though perhaps they are Christians, and in any case are engaged in activities such as winnowing grain and herding sheep, rather than raising Cain.
Prefatory materials are clearly aimed at readers who have never been outside the USA, much less to the Near East, and are not bad so far as they go. Passports, jet lag and weather are covered, though the conversational Hebrew and Arabic are pretty minimal and those few travelers who aspire to talk to the locals in their own languages would be advised to supplement Dr. Dyer's jargon with tapes and phrasebooks. Most, however, will undoubtedly stay close to the bus and have no need for palaver with the natives or recent immigrants of whatever language.
Further aids are included. There is an entire schedule of suggested objects of prayer: good attitudes, the spiritual health and destiny of the bus driver, good weather and much more are among them. Following these hints are special focal points in Bible Study, several pages in fact before the actual Guide commences. And at the end of the book are appended quite a lot of verses (not Biblical ones, but rhymed & metrical stuff), maybe for singing, though there is no musical notation.
There are no materials on accommodations or nightlife, so the traveler will have to see to suchlike some other way. Visitors who are interested in what might have happened since "Biblical" times and are merely perplexed by the evidence they will presumably see around them may want to consider Baedekers or Blue Guides. But Dyer & Hattieburg's Guide will probably be satisfactory to the type of tourist who will buy it.

This book contains information to help one understand just what it is he is seeing, has just seen, or is about to see. Lots of specific type information rather than just general. A real treasure.

I just got back from a 2 week vacation to Israel/Egypt. During the vacation I used this book to mentally prepare the night before for the sites we were going to be seeing the next day. This book was also extremely helpful to have along with you while touring because it offered quick pictures / descriptions / references. There were many times during the tour that our lead pastor borrowed the book to use as a reference before speaking about a site we were visiting. Excellent book.

Warning! This is NOT the story of the USS Nimitz time traveling back to Pearl Harbor! It is subtitled "God's blueprint for future events." After bringing up the title in Amazon's website, I read the review which indicated this WAS the Sci-Fi story and ordered it. When it arrived it was obviously NOT what I had in mind. Now my shipping charge will exceed the price of the book, so I am stuck with it. Don't make the same mistake!

This is for your information. The Final Countdown was authored by Martin Caidin.

Enjoyable story, much more detailed than the actual movie was. Makes one wonder what would have happened had a nuclear aircraft carrier like the U.S.S. Nimitz really gone back in time to stop the attack on Pearl Harbour. A nice read for alternate history buffs.

Although I think Grant is extremely creative and is onto something with the Millenium series, I was rather disappointed with the end result. I've read books one and two of the series and felt so much more could have been done with the story.

First and foremost, Grant uses refrains to the point of abusing them. It almost seemed as though he had some space to fill in so just kept repeating himself. They're found throughout pages, sections, chapters and the books themselves.

Second, Grant also overuses cliches. There are moments when the books are so trite they almost made me lose my lunch.

Finally, refrains and cliches aside, Grant's writing style itself is terribly repetitive. There were some pages where he uses the same word two or three times in one sentence. Bad writing or bad editing, I don't know. Either way, after several hundred pages it became irritating.

The writing style is so elementary that the story is simply not enjoyable for the more sophisticated reader. It's very sad because it had so much potential. Rarely do I not finish a book or a series. Unfortunately, this is one of those occasions. I have books three and four, but I'm afraid they'll be gathering dust on my shelves. Just another case of a potentially good book made bad by poor writing and editing.

Slowly the pieces fall into place as the end of the world seems to grow nearer. The confusing events of Symphony make a little more sense when placed into context with this volume (the second in the series of four books), but that is to be expected. Grant keeps the "answers" vague so the next volume is required reading. Like your horror applied with a puff of clammy air on the back of your neck instead of blood splattered in your eyes, then sit back and enjoy the old fashioned chills my friends. I did. Highly recommended.

In The Mood is the second book in the series of the Four Horseman of the Apocalpse. It is a well thought out, heavy character driven book. The whole theme for this series is interesting and original. I have highly enjoyed the first book and was unsure if the second book would do it justice. I was very pleased with the style of the second book and believed that it really outdid the first one. If you like novels based on the end of the world then this book is the one for you. I highly recommend purchasing the complete set.

Roots of Wisdom (178 pages) is mostly about Proverbs. It was written in German in 1990 and translated into English for this reprint in Dec 1994. Westermann's commentary is interesting and generally accurate. There are no photos, drawings, glossary or index. For a more current (1999) and more in-depth commentary (568 pages) read THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF PROVERBS by Cody Jones (1999). The comments are interesting and more reader friendly and are accompanied by numerous drawings and photos to give you a sense of the culture of the time. There is an index and glossary as well as 6 translations in parallel to aid understanding.

Westermann is a top German scholar. His works on Genesis are classic. Cody Jones' work on Proverbs is a joke compared to this scholar who has invested his life in understanding the original texts.

This was required reading for a Bible class I took. It was OK, but Ryrie is a dispensationalist, cessationist, and occasionally anti-nomian. The book is well written and easy to follow, but I still must pick up a pair of those "secret decoding eschatology glasses" so I can understand the premillenial madness suggested by dispensationalists... start with Revelation and go backward? For better doctrine I would recommend Wayne Grudem's "Bible Doctrine" or Bruce Milne's "Know the Truth", or even "Concise Theology" by JI Packer.

I was handed this book by my Youth pastor in high school, and it helped me form the foundation of my personal faith. I am currently leading a group of high school guys through the book and they also are loving. Great for new or old christians who want to start their learning in the bible and theology.

The 3/15/03 and 4/13/03 reviews have opposing opinions of this book. Funny thing is, both are right in what they say. Dyer's biblical overview is accurate but he has little to say about Saddam Hussein, despite the fact Hussein is on the cover of the book! I sure was expecting more info on Saddam Hussein than I got.

Now that the 2003 Persian Gulf War is over, let's see if those "weapons of mass destruction" are found in Iraq, as President Bush insisted they would be. Any bets?

In view of the escalating tension between Iraq and the rest of the world, this book offers some eye-opening details and insights. About 2500 years ago Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon besieged the kingdom of Judah, conquered the Jews and took away to Babylon all their treasures. This rise and fall of Nebuchadnezzar is narrated in the Bible. Has Saddam Hussein of Iraq taken on the mission of this world conqueror? The author Charles Dyer who has traveled extensively in the Middle East, has some shocking details and insights to offer.

I was fascinated with the insight into Saddam's rise to power. I started reading this book just before the war began in Iraq. I was convinced that we were right to make sure Saddam was overthrown. The nation of Iraq has been in turmoil since day one of Saddam's reign and too many innocent lives have been lost. As a Christian interested in prophesy, this book also answered many of my questions as to Iraq's role in the events leading up to the Tribulation. As a bonus, Mr. Dyer has included some fascinating photographs of the ancient city of Babylon.

This book was not typeset by the publisher. It appears that the pages are Xeroxed (and poorly) copies of someone's term paper. The content (what can be read) is excellent, however the extremely poor print quality, makes this book virtually useless as a reference tool as far too many Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic characters are blurred or otherwise illegible.

This book was worth the read, if only to discover why none of the early churches accepted the apocrypha (which includes this book). It is also to note that when the Catholic church DID decide to accept the apocrypha, they did not include this book. The concept of angels marrying humans is not only non-Scriptural, it is down-right heretic. Another problem with this book, is that it could not have been (and was not) written by Enoch as many are led to believe. This book was written around 100 AD. Enoch's time was millenia before! Also, regarding the mention of this book in Jude 14, it was mentioned as an example. Several other Biblical authors mention other books, but this in no way implies that those books are inspired by God; rather they are just used to help confirm, clarify, or illustrate a point. See also: Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 15:33, and Titus 1:12 for reference to other non-Scriptural books mentioned within the canon of The True Word of God.

The book of Enoch is one book that scares many people.It throws lots of Dogma to the curb.It shows that Angels have their own hell to deal with, it tells of Angels sexual lust for Humans. God isn't refered to as Lord, or Father but as The Great One. One reviewer said in simple terms that because it wasn't in the Canon it's fake! There is evidence that most of the biblical scholars used this book as a study guide. The 100 AD given is a falsehood when stated like that, you would rewrite somthing too if you and two other people were the only ones who could read the book!Space travel is also mentioned when Enoch travels to learns the positions of luminaries and the explanation of the laws of gravity The book opened my eyes and helped me understand and raise some questions about Bible history.

Unlike so many of his critics, Charles Ryrie with grace and class demonstrates in "So Great a Salvation" why salvation is a free gift received by simple faith alone in Christ alone. He demonstrates this biblically and theologically. In addition, he explains why the terminology used in explaining the Gospel is so important.

Charles Ryrie also looks at the implications of "lordship salvation." He demonstrates convincingly in this book, that "lordship salvation" does not make sense biblically or theologically. He examines many of the straw man arguments that lordship teachers like to use with regards to Free Grace teaching and many of the misnomers used to label Free Grace teaching (eg. "easy-believism", "cheap grace").

Ryrie also brings up key questions for the reader to ponder. For example, when he once was interacting with those of a lordship persepective he asked this question to them about a hypothetical person who wanted to be saved but smoked and knew it was bad for him, "Can he not be saved until either he gives up smoking or is willing to give up smoking? (page 113)" The reader then can see that if the answer is "yes", then one has introduced a condition other than faith in Christ to receive the gift of eternal life. Yet, unfortunatley, this is what those of a lordship salvation perspective teach.

I found this book to be a great up in clearing up much of the confusion surrounding the Gospel.

Many do not seem to understand that when writing a book, the author must write to his audience. Dr. Ryrie does this beautifully. This book can be read by the newest of Christians as well as seminary students.

Dr. Ryrie does not give compromise the Gospel with his teaching on salvation. Some have said that the Theology has been kept short in this book: that is the point. Dr. Ryrie does not endeavor to write another Systematic Theology, rather, he is teaching on a subject through the medium of the written word.

I am immensely grateful for this book. Thank you Dr. Ryrie.

My congratulations go out to Dr. Charles Ryrie. Finally someone has stepped out and written a book that showed salvation as the Bible showed it. Ryrie does not present cheap grace here, he presents free grace here. He does not present easy believism here, he presents simple believism. Dr. Ryrie should be commended for taking a stand for the "gift of God unto salvation to everyone who believes." Ryrie adresses the problem that has plagued the church since the first century when the Judaizers caused the Galatians to stumble. It seems that everyone wants to help God out by adding something either to the front or the back of the Gospel. Ryrie doesn't do that in this book. You owe it to yourself to read this book if you truly want to know what the Bible says about the gospel.

Please be aware, this is not an acurate tranlation of the original text. The actual text has been changed - "culturized" to be more politically correct. This version is not trustworthy, as it is not what God really said...

Please pray for the editors and publishers.

What a load of blasphemous garbage this is. The Bible is anything but "politically correct" and if some infidel wants to put new words in God's mouth to make it suit the new tolerance, wo be to him. Don't waste your money on this trash. I wasn't given the choice of -5 stars or that would be my rating.

This is an excellent, readable version of the New Testament taking the inclusive message of Christ to its fullest. The Church is for ALL God's people...now we can read the Word and not feel excluded. AMEN! Remember--WHOSOEVER (John 3:16)

Here is another instance of worn-out mythologies being used to justify the ways of Man to men. Doctor (not in the medical sense) Dyer and some of his cronies from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago comfort us with the notion that the present slaughter of the Palestinians fits right into God's Plan for mankind. He makes a joyous hullabaloo, full of Biblical gibberish, to prove that you don't need to know anything more than George W. Bush to understand what's going on in the Middle East. Israel is God's Instrument for bringing about Kingdom Come, in its Protestant fundamentalist version, of course. Rest easy, don't worry about Bin Laden or what kind of mess the Knesset and the United States Congress will make, God will defeat the United Nations and Armageddon us through to a permanent apotheosis of the American suburbs.
What sport Mencken would have had with these people!

In five riviting chapters, Charles Dyer and four other faculty members of The Moody Bible Institute explain the history and the significance of events ocurring in the middle-east today. This short book will give you a clear insight into the underlying reasons for the failure of years of diplomacy to bring an end to the bitter conflict in Israel. The authors help you to understand how today's headlines are setting the stage for the fulfillment of Biblical prohecies regarding Israel and the Church.

If you are confused and troubled by the seemingly impossible task of achieving peace in the middle-east, then, this book is a 'must read' for you. You will be comforted as these gifted scholars help you to see that God is still in control of this chaotic world and that His plan for it is right on track.