Wine in the Bible: A Biblical Study on the Use of Alcoholic Beverages, An Abridged Edition

by Samuele Bacchiocchi

WINE IN THE BIBLE is designed to help people to develop strong moral convictions needed to resist the social pressure to drink alcoholic beverages. With painstaking research the book compellingly shows that the Bible consistently teaches total abstinence as a divine imperative. This teaching has been obscured by many modern Bible versions which mistakenly translate as be temperate or be sober, some of the clearest apostolic admonitions to be abstinent. A thoughtful reading of this book may well provoke a revolution in the attitude of many Christians toward alcoholic beverages. WINE IN THE BIBLE is foreworded by three distinguished scholars. One of them is Dr. Robert P. Teachout, Professor of Old Testament at Detroit Baptist Seminary and author of a doctoral dissertation on The Use of Wine in the Old Testament, presented at Dallas Theological Seminary. In his Foreword, Prof. Teachout Bacchiocchi has done a thorough and convincing job of examining the actual truths of the Biblical teaching on this subject. He has also answered carefully and well the objections of those who disagree with his position. Prof. Stephen Reynolds, one of the translators of the New International Version, and author of two books on the Bible and alcohol, also I am greatly impressed by the scholarship of WINE IN THE BIBLE which I trust will do much good.

Genres: Religion

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

A book that can be summed up with the phrase “Wow, that’s a big stretch.”

[Forintos Péter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt that the author was convinced the Bible doesn't allow alcoholic beverages at all and he found the explanation. Though myself, as a reader, was open to discover the authors thoughts and checked them in the Bible, but didn't get to the authors conclusion. If you know some Hebrew or/and Greek, I recommend it. In some statements I would have appreciated the author to tell me how he got to the his conclusion.
Virtues of the books are, that for alcoholist beleivers it is really better not to dring any than trying to keep drinking little.
Also, it opened my eyes and gave me motivation to study the richness of the different words and expressions on wine in original hebrew, that I am discovering since finished reading the book.

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

great work on a biblical look on wine in the Bible. any Christian that is struggling to maintain sobriety or temperance should take a look at this book. warning: the author is a part of SDA church so be aware of that if you are opposed to it.

[Canny Tay · Rating 5 out of 5]

First time studying wine in the Bible. It was a rich study indeed!