The Authenticity of the New Testament Part 2: Acts, the Epistles and Revelation

by Bill Cooper

In Part 2 of our study of the New Testament's authenticity, we look at the evidence normally kept from public readership, but which states unequivocally that the Book of Acts, the Epistles and the Book of Revelation are all thoroughly authentic in their historical statements, and were all written and in circulation during the Eyewitness Period of AD 30 - 70. We challenge the very latest publications which would have the world believe that these are all of late composition and therefore worthless as Scripture.

141 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2014

About the author

Dr Bill Cooper is a council member and trustee of the Creation Science Movement. He is married with two daughters and has recently been awarded an Honours degree by Kingston University (England) for combined studies in the History of Ideas (Religion, Philosophy and Political Theory) and English Literature. He has lectured on The Table of Nations, under the auspices of the CSM, in Germany, Belgium and at many venues in England including Leeds University.

He has written numerous articles for the Creation Science Movement and for the Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal published by the Creation Science Foundation of Australia, on the Table of Nations (The Early History of Man series), the historical Jonah and other subjects.

Reviews

[Gary Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good examination of the evidence.

Mister Cooper does a very good job indeed of looking at the evidence of the Christian (falsely so-called) ‘doubters’, the ‘liberal’ teachers of ‘what the Bible really says’, and rips their theses to shreds.
Why ‘very good’ and only four stars?
Because to my mind, Muster Cooper is wrong bey dating Revelation to the 60s AD. There is abundant evidence, including in the New Testament, that it was written around AD95.
The evidence includes the fact that Paul did not give any condemnatory words on the church at Ephesus — where Timothy was the Elder.
Apart from that caveat, I recommend this book to all who wish to know that Christianity is founded on solid historical as well as spiritual foundations.

[Slawrenson · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave this book 1 star simply because I believe that Cooper is attempting to uphold the historicity of the New Testament. However, his writing is woefully written with very few references to academic, scholarly sources. He has poor research practice (maintaining "fake news" Westcott and Hort being involved in the Occult for example). Simply, there are better written, more accurate books available.

Try D.A.Carson's "The King James Debate"; Darrell Bock's "Acts (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)"; Darrell Bock's "Can I Trust the Bible?" or James K. Hoffmeier's "Do Historical Matters Matter To Faith"

[Tintinrulz · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Authenticity of the New Testament Part 2: Acts, the Epistles and Revelation" by Bill Cooper is the last title in the brilliant "Authenticity" series, a series which upholds the books of the Bible most reviled by critics. Herein, he explores the historical evidence for Acts, the Epistles and Revelation being truth, truth written during the Eye-Witness period (30-70AD). The book is interesting if at times a little too technical for me. Recommended.

7/10
8/10 (if you enjoy more technical writing)