"It is a simple matter for an unbeliever to hurl a barrage of alleged discrepancies at a believer, but if; is not always a simple task fur the believer to respond quickly and effectively. This is the case because many of the so-called discrepancies cannot be answered adequately via a "quick wave of the hand." In this book, Eric has selected samples of the most frequently used (and, in many cases, the most difficult) alleged Bible discrepancies and has performed the in-depth research necessary to answer them. A great reference tool for any person-young or old-who is seeking answers to tough Bible questions."

Chapter One	Answering the Allegations	5
	The Need	5
	The Know How: Principles for Dealing with Alledged Contradictions	8
	Inncoent Until Proven Guilty	8
	Possibilities Will Suffice	9
	What is a Contradiction?	11
	Same Person, Place, or Thing	13
	Same Time Reference	14
	Same Sense	14
	Supplementation Does Not Equal Contradiction	16
	Look Who's Talking	17
	The Golden Rule	18
Chapter Two	Alleged Contradictionsin the Creation Account	21
	Too Much Activity on Day Six?	21
	Did God Create Animals or Man First	24
	Of Water or of Land?	28
	Is Marriage a Good Thing?	29
	Why Didn't Adam Die Immediately?	31
	Where Did Cain Get His Wife?	34
	What About the Land of Nod?	36
Chapter Three	Did Moses Really Writethe Pentateuch?	39
	The Documentary Hypothesis	40
	Moses and the Art of Writing	42
	Evidence for the Documentary Hypothesis-Refuted	44
	No King in Israel...Yet	45
	Camels Bearing a Heavy Load	48
	Moses' Knowledge of Gates	53
	Dan in the Days of Abraham	54
	Canaanites were in the Land...Then	55
	Philistines in the Time of Abraham-Fallacy or Fact?	56
	Does It Really Matter Who Wrote the Pentateuch?	60
Chapter Four	Alleged Numerical Contradictions	65
	How Many Daughters Did Lot Have?	65
	How Many Supervisors Did Solomon Have?	68
	How Much Water Could "the Sea" Hold?	69
	3 or 3.14?	72
	Cock-A-Doodle-Do...Twice?	74
	How Many Thieves Reviled Christ?	78
	23,000 or 24,000?	80
	The "Twelve"	84
Chapter Five	Alleged Geographical Contradictions	87
	Where Did Josiah Die?	87
	Jesus' Sermon on the Mount or the Plain?	89
	Where are You from?	90
	An Inland "Coast"	92
	Controversial Jericho	93
	Geography in General	96
	The Accuracy of Acts	98
	Machpelah or Shechem?	99
	All the World in 30 Years?	101
Chapter Six	Alleged Contradictions Pertaining to Time	105
	How Long was the Ark of the Covenant in Kirjathjearim?	105
	When did Baasha Reign?	107
	A Coin Called "Dark"	109
	"Three Days and Three Nights"	1ll
	Six or Eight Days?	114
	At What Hour was Jesus Crucified?	116
	How Long was the Israelites' Egyptian Sojourn?	117
Chapter Seven	The Reality of Copyists' Errors	129
	Examples of Copyists' Errors	135
	Who Killed Goliath?	135
	How Old was Jehoiachin when he Began His Reign?	137
	Hadadezer or Hadarezer?	137
	When did Absalom Commit Treason?	138
	How Many Stalls did Solomon have?	138
	Is the Old Testament Still Reliable?	139
	What about the Reliability of the New Testament?	141
Chapter Eight	Alleged Genealogical Contradictions	145
	How Old was Terah when Abraham was Born?	145
	Could Terah have been 130 when Abraham was Born?	148
	Jesse's Missing Son	155
	Who was Joseph's Father?	157
	Was Cainan the Son of Arphaxad?	159
Chapter Nine	Alleged Contradictions
	Surrounding the Resurrection of Jesus	165
	Head-On Collusion	166
	Addition Does not a Contradiction Make	168
	Who were the Women?	169
	Who was at the Tomb?	169
	What Time did the Women Visit the Tomb?	171
	Did Jesus have the Same Physical Body After His Resurrection?	172
	Was the Tomb Open when the Women Arrived?	175
	Perspectives Play a Part	177
Chapter Ten	Miscellaneous Alleged Contradictions	179
	Ishmaelites or Midianites?	179
	Who Wrote on the Second Pair of Tablets?	181
	Who Killed King Saul?	183
	Motives Matter	187
	Did Jesus and the Centurion Speak Together Personally	190
	Take it, or Leave it?	192
	Was the Robe Placed on Jesus Scarlet or Purple?	198
	Dead,or Dying?	199
	How Did Judas Kill Himself?	201
	Who Bought the Potter's Field?	202
	Has Man Seen God?	204
	Did You Hear That?	207
	James' "Missing Quote"	210
	Afterword	215
	References	217
	Subject Index	229
	Scripture Index	235
	Name Index	243