APPEARING as a posthumous work of that dean of Bible teachers, Dr. W. H. Griffith Thomas, this volume should have a special appeal to all who knew and loved the author, or who are familiar with his earlier works. The Rev. W. Graham Scroggie has said that “the reading of Dr. Thomas’ books creates in one a deeper love of and desire for God as revealed in His Word,” and this is strikingly true of this clear and satisfying marshaling of evidence as to what the Bible is. These studies have appeared serially in the Friends’ Witness under the title, “The Book of Books.” In order that the book may be more readily available for class or individual study, a series of questions, prepared by the Rev. Robert M. Webster, of the Philadelphia School of the Bible, and the Pennsylvania Bible Institute, Philadelphia, have been added at the end of each chapter.
Dr. Thomas was born in England in 1861. Minister, scholar, teacher, and author, he held important posts such as Fellow of King’s College, London; principalship of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and professorship at Wycliffe College, Toronto. He was a regular Keswick speaker and cofounder of Dallas Theological Seminary. His writings include commentaries, theologies, devotionals, and outstanding biographies on the apostles Peter and John. He died in 1924.