William Placher's Is The Bible True

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William Placher’s article “Is the Bible True?” explores not specifically the factual evidence of the Bible’s truth rather he explains how to understand the Bible and how we can apply it to modern life. Placher claims that to understand the Bible and therefore believe that it is true one must understand the many genres of the Bible, its writers and their attitudes toward history, and Biblical culture. I completely agree with Placher’s claims. We have no actual proof that the Bible is true, but we have faith that it is the true word of God. Through understanding the context of how the Bible was written we have a better understanding of what it means and therefore we can say that it is true. Placher first explains that different genres have