I wrote a theological book about salvation history. The backcover text is obviously very important. So could you give me some hints to improve it? Are there grammar errors? Is it clear, interesting or annoying?
Here it is:
The Bible was written during a centuries lasting period between the Exodus and early Christianity, and thereby gives statements on three levels: the past, present and future relative to this period. This is why biblical historicity must be verified on these three levels.
The past is primarily related to the question whether the Genesis account of creation accords with modern science. Three mainstreams are concurring with each other on this level. The first is held by young earth creationists taking literally every word of the Bible thus challenging modern science. The second refuses any scientific authenticity to Genesis relegating it to mythology. The third considers both, Genesis and science, authentic and tries to harmonize each other assuming that there is no real contradiction between both. The author of this book defends the last view proposing at the same time a new method of interpretation of Genesis, which solves some important inconsistencies.
The present of the writing of the Bible is a historical issue related to ancient Israel. On this level, it is shown that salvation history is recurring through cycles of four typical phases characterized by peace, sin, judgment and return to peace. For the time of Israel, this yields four cycles centered respectively on the straying of the Hebrew people in the desert during forty years after the Exodus, the deportation by the Assyrians and later the Babylonians, and finally the persecutions through Antiochus Epiphanes.
The future the Bible is foretelling relates to the history of the Church and the world up to the end times. It can be shown that the whole salvation history from the patriarchs passing by ancient Israel up to the end times is recurring through cycles of four typical phases. These cycles of salvation history are described by the Bible in such a typical and coherent manner as if its seventy books had been written by a single author. Based on this result, a surprising answer to the purpose of Marys numerous apparitions around the world is finally given.
Here it is:
The Bible was written during a centuries lasting period between the Exodus and early Christianity, and thereby gives statements on three levels: the past, present and future relative to this period. This is why biblical historicity must be verified on these three levels.
The past is primarily related to the question whether the Genesis account of creation accords with modern science. Three mainstreams are concurring with each other on this level. The first is held by young earth creationists taking literally every word of the Bible thus challenging modern science. The second refuses any scientific authenticity to Genesis relegating it to mythology. The third considers both, Genesis and science, authentic and tries to harmonize each other assuming that there is no real contradiction between both. The author of this book defends the last view proposing at the same time a new method of interpretation of Genesis, which solves some important inconsistencies.
The present of the writing of the Bible is a historical issue related to ancient Israel. On this level, it is shown that salvation history is recurring through cycles of four typical phases characterized by peace, sin, judgment and return to peace. For the time of Israel, this yields four cycles centered respectively on the straying of the Hebrew people in the desert during forty years after the Exodus, the deportation by the Assyrians and later the Babylonians, and finally the persecutions through Antiochus Epiphanes.
The future the Bible is foretelling relates to the history of the Church and the world up to the end times. It can be shown that the whole salvation history from the patriarchs passing by ancient Israel up to the end times is recurring through cycles of four typical phases. These cycles of salvation history are described by the Bible in such a typical and coherent manner as if its seventy books had been written by a single author. Based on this result, a surprising answer to the purpose of Marys numerous apparitions around the world is finally given.
