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My new book is a criticism of sceptical and critical scholarship, and I’ve published it with Amazon.

Posted by simon peter sutherland in Bible Manuscripts, Bible translation, Biblical Scholarship, My books on May 20, 2026

Over the course of many years, over 15 to be exact, I have been sporadically writing and rewriting a book called “The Divine Saviour in the Dark Light of Modern Scholarship”. It began in 2008 as a partial fulfilment thesis while I was studying theology at a Bible college.

Years went by and the work was shelved.

At that time I was attending lectures at the Manchester Theological Society in Manchester Cathedral and I was busy recording an album and making documentaries on St Paul and also the English and Welsh reformation. So I wrote and rewrote the book as I went along. Eventually I revised it, and shelved it and then worked some more on its pages. Eventually I arrived at a happy conclusion where I had completed my documentary series on St Paul, the Greek Islands and Cyprus, and I decided it was time to finish what I started.

The book is essentially a very topical work that centralises upon the theme of Biblical criticism and how its affects can damage the reputation of the Bible to the general public. It all began back in the 1990’s when I watched documentaries produced by the British media which often maligned the historicity of the Bible and when I began to do street evangelism, I heard the same at arguments used in these films to refute the claims I made.

So I decided I’d had enough so I wrote a book about it and that journey continued. I didn’t expect it to take as long as it did for me to complete it and make it publishable.

After a reshuffle with the title, and repetitive revisions, I’ve published the book with Amazon and at the moment its only available in hard copies. I’ve avoided sensationalism and fancy covers and I’m wanting to reach serious people who are serious about reading and any quest they may have to know if the Bible is true or false.

I certainly believe the Bible is absolutely true and historically accurate and for that reason I’ve published my book under the title of “The Divine Saviour In The Dark Light Of Modern Critical and Sceptical Scholarship“.

You can purchase your copy here directly from Amazon.

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“The Divine Saviour in the Dark Light of Modern Critical and Sceptical Scholarship” coming soon

Posted by simon peter sutherland in Biblical archaeology, Biblical Scholarship, Theology on March 21, 2026

“Over the last two thousand years or so, the Christian faith has had more than its fair share of enemies.” I write “When Jesus was born, whatever date that may have been, Herod sought to have the Christ-child put to death. In the Gospels, the authors record how many attempts were made on Jesus’ life, only one was granted. All Four Gospels agree that Jesus was crucified and died. From the human perspective, Jesus had been executed for proclaiming Himself King. All other accusations against Him failed. In Jerusalem, at an ancient execution site outside the city walls, Jesus of Nazareth was nailed to a cross and died. This is historical fact.

To all intents and purposes, the story should have ended there, but it didn’t. The Gospels claim that Jesus came alive again and remained on earth for a period of forty days.”

The above words are a quote from my new upcoming book “The Divine Saviour in the Dark Light of Modern Critical and Sceptical Scholarship” a book that objects to the many speculative criticisms made by sceptical scholars over recent years. For those who do not know, sceptical and critical scholars are those who doubt the authenticity of the Bible and are often very vocal about it.

In my book I explore the history of the Bible and offer proofs in defence of the historicity of the Scriptures and I believe the work can be a valuable resource for many Christians who believe in the infallibility of the divine word.

Now that I have completed my documentary series on St Paul and the Greek Islands, “The Divine Saviour in the Dark Light of Modern Critical and Sceptical Scholarship” will be available soon.

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