The Bible’s False Friend—Higher Criticism

Higher criticism claims to explain the Bible while often denying inspiration, predictive prophecy, miracles, and the authority of its writers.

Common Skeptical Objections to the Book of Genesis

Answers to major objections concerning Genesis, creation, Adam and Eve, Noah’s Flood, Babel, Mosaic authorship, and biblical history.

A historical-grammatical examination of major difficulties in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Liberal theories divide the Pentateuch into imaginary sources, but Scripture consistently identifies Moses as its principal human author.

Christians should reject fragmentary theories that obscure the Pentateuch’s Mosaic foundation, covenant unity, and inspired historical message.

Higher criticism weakened trust by placing human suspicion above Scripture’s own testimony, authority, and inspired truth.

Genesis 36:31 is not an anachronism but a prophetic statement by Moses under divine inspiration, anticipating Israel’s future kingship.

How Bible manuscripts were made, copied, corrected, and preserved through papyrus, parchment, codices, scribes, and textual evidence.

Defending Moses’ authorship of the Pentateuch through Scripture, covenant structure, history, and the words of Jesus.

A conservative evaluation of twentieth-century higher criticism and its failure to overturn Mosaic authorship.