Announcing the publication of More Than Words, available through Adventist Book Centers in mid-February 2009!
More Than Words</EM> recounts the fascinating story behind the writing of one of the most loved and best selling of Ellen White's works--the devotional classic on the life of Christ, The Desire of Ages</EM>. The evidence of this book provides a solid, faith-confirming response to the charge that the book was simply the warming over of selections from earlier works on the life of Christ.
With the current Sabbath School lesson dealing with the prophetic gift, Seventh-day Adventists will be eager to read Marcella Anderson King and Kevin L. Morgan's book just hot off the press! (Marcella was Dr. Fred Veltman's research assistant during the course of the Life of Christ Research Project in the 1980s and editor of the Ellen White Sabbath School lesson comments for over a decade.)
Early readers of the book have told us it's ...
Jud Lake, Ph.D., at Southern Adventist University says:
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More Than Words answers the following fundamental questions regarding . . .
The writing of The Desire of Ages
Ÿ Did Ellen White feel adequate to the task of putting into words what God gave her to communicate? (p. 12)
Ÿ Does the preface to The Desire of Ages set up any expectation that every detail in the book came from a vision? (p. 13)
Ÿ What might The Desire of Ages look like if it were footnoted by twenty-first century standards, marking instances of possible literary allusion? (p. 48)
Ÿ How did Ellen White use Hannas life of Christ in The Desire of Ages? (p. 114)
Ÿ How should we describe Ellen Whites use of sources? (p. 116)
Ÿ What conclusions can we draw from the colorized text? (p. 127)
Ÿ Why didnt Ellen White call attention to her literary sources? (p. 129)
Literary assistants
Ÿ To what extent did Marian Davis rely on Ellen Whites own words? (p. 34)
Ÿ What did Fannie Bolton testify about the work of Ellen Whites assistants? (p. 37)
Ÿ How did H. C. Lacey help in the preparation of The Desire of Ages? (p. 41)
Plagiarism
Ÿ What is plagiarism? (p. 133)
Ÿ In legal terms, did Ellen White make fair use of others writings? (p. 136)
Ÿ Did Ellen White deny that she borrowed? (p. 139)
Inspiration
Ÿ Can an inspired writer gather gems of truth from other writers? (p. 119)
Ÿ Whom did Ellen White consider to be the source of her messages? (p. 142)
Ÿ Does God dictate His messages to inspired writers word for word? (p. 143)
Ÿ Can an inspired writer use literary sources? (p. 147)
Ÿ How do Ellen Whites writings relate to Scripture? (p. 154)
Ÿ How are Ellen Whites writings a lesser light? (p. 155)
Ÿ Why would God need to give additional light? (p. 157)
The Life of Christ Research Project
Ÿ How exhaustive was the scope of the investigation in the Life of Christ Research Project? (p. 173)
Ÿ How many verbatims were located in The Desire of Ages? (p. 175)
For more on the plagiarism issue, click here:
http://www.ministrymagazine.org/authors/morgan-kevin-l.html
For an online summary of the Life of Christ Research Project, click here:
http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/white/morgan.htm
For selections from Kevin L. Morgan's book Sabbath Rest: Is There Something Missing in Your Busy Life?, click here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=iYwG4zMXpu0C
More Than Words</EM> recounts the fascinating story behind the writing of one of the most loved and best selling of Ellen White's works--the devotional classic on the life of Christ, The Desire of Ages</EM>. The evidence of this book provides a solid, faith-confirming response to the charge that the book was simply the warming over of selections from earlier works on the life of Christ.
With the current Sabbath School lesson dealing with the prophetic gift, Seventh-day Adventists will be eager to read Marcella Anderson King and Kevin L. Morgan's book just hot off the press! (Marcella was Dr. Fred Veltman's research assistant during the course of the Life of Christ Research Project in the 1980s and editor of the Ellen White Sabbath School lesson comments for over a decade.)
Early readers of the book have told us it's ...
"Significant."
"Extremely interesting."
"Well laid out to lead readers through the evidence."
"Extremely interesting."
"Well laid out to lead readers through the evidence."
Jud Lake, Ph.D., at Southern Adventist University says:
"You have covered all the major issues related to the plagiarism charge--and more!"
Ask for it from your local Adventist Book Center. 192 pages. $19.95.Produced by Honor Him Publishers
Distributed by Review & Herald
More Than Words answers the following fundamental questions regarding . . .
The writing of The Desire of Ages
Ÿ Did Ellen White feel adequate to the task of putting into words what God gave her to communicate? (p. 12)
Ÿ Does the preface to The Desire of Ages set up any expectation that every detail in the book came from a vision? (p. 13)
Ÿ What might The Desire of Ages look like if it were footnoted by twenty-first century standards, marking instances of possible literary allusion? (p. 48)
Ÿ How did Ellen White use Hannas life of Christ in The Desire of Ages? (p. 114)
Ÿ How should we describe Ellen Whites use of sources? (p. 116)
Ÿ What conclusions can we draw from the colorized text? (p. 127)
Ÿ Why didnt Ellen White call attention to her literary sources? (p. 129)
Literary assistants
Ÿ To what extent did Marian Davis rely on Ellen Whites own words? (p. 34)
Ÿ What did Fannie Bolton testify about the work of Ellen Whites assistants? (p. 37)
Ÿ How did H. C. Lacey help in the preparation of The Desire of Ages? (p. 41)
Plagiarism
Ÿ What is plagiarism? (p. 133)
Ÿ In legal terms, did Ellen White make fair use of others writings? (p. 136)
Ÿ Did Ellen White deny that she borrowed? (p. 139)
Inspiration
Ÿ Can an inspired writer gather gems of truth from other writers? (p. 119)
Ÿ Whom did Ellen White consider to be the source of her messages? (p. 142)
Ÿ Does God dictate His messages to inspired writers word for word? (p. 143)
Ÿ Can an inspired writer use literary sources? (p. 147)
Ÿ How do Ellen Whites writings relate to Scripture? (p. 154)
Ÿ How are Ellen Whites writings a lesser light? (p. 155)
Ÿ Why would God need to give additional light? (p. 157)
The Life of Christ Research Project
Ÿ How exhaustive was the scope of the investigation in the Life of Christ Research Project? (p. 173)
Ÿ How many verbatims were located in The Desire of Ages? (p. 175)
For more on the plagiarism issue, click here:
http://www.ministrymagazine.org/authors/morgan-kevin-l.html
For an online summary of the Life of Christ Research Project, click here:
http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/white/morgan.htm
For selections from Kevin L. Morgan's book Sabbath Rest: Is There Something Missing in Your Busy Life?, click here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=iYwG4zMXpu0C
