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When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

Jude 1

Jude 1:9

Isn’t the dispute between Michael the Archangel and the devil based on an apocryphal story? PROBLEM: Jude records an account in which Michael the archangel and the devil have a dispute over the body of Moses, saying, “Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about t... [ Continue Reading ]

Jude 1:14

Doesn’t Jude cite the uninspired Book of Enoch as divinely authoritative? PROBLEM: Jude quotes The Book of Enoch, saying, “Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, `Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints’ ” (v. 14). However, Enoch is not an inspire... [ Continue Reading ]

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