Greg Stafford's New Book - 3 Dissertations on JWs

ros

Greetings, all:

The book some of you have been waiting for, "Three Dissertations on Jehovah's Witnesses" by JW apologist Greg Stafford is published and will begin shipping in about a week. If you're interested, it is available from Elihu Books at this URL: http://www.elihubooks.com/

Stafford has done some additional study and research relative to Watchtower chronology, and there has been some rumour that he may be advocating a softer organizational stance on it, although I have not read the book yet, so it will be interesting to see what he says.

Here's the table of contents:
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Table of Contents

Why Three Dissertations?

FIRST DISSERTATION
Authority Among Jehovah's Witnesses

The Authority of the "Great Crowd" ..............7
The Authority of the "Faithful Slave" ..........15
EXCURSUS:
Charles T. Russell - "The Faithful Slave"? .....34
Notes to the First Dissertation ................40

SECOND DISSERTATION
Jehovah's Witnesses' Chronology

1798 ...........................................64
1799 ...........................................65
1829 ...........................................65
1840 ...........................................66
1844 ...........................................66
1846 ...........................................67
1859 ...........................................67
1873 ...........................................68
1874 ...........................................69
1875 ...........................................71
1878 ...........................................72
1881 ...........................................75
1908 ...........................................79
1910 ...........................................80
1914 ...........................................81
1915 ...........................................94
1918 ...........................................98
1919 ..........................................101
1921 ..........................................101
1922 ..........................................102
1924 ..........................................103
1925 ..........................................103
1926 ..........................................109
1975 ..........................................110
Conclusion ....................................115
Notes to the Second Dissertation ..............116

THIRD DISSERTATION
"Food at the Proper Time"

The Identity of God and His Son ...............155
The Name of God ...............................163
Blood Transfusions ............................170
Legalism ......................................197
Notes to the Third Dissertation ...............212

APPENDIX
Have the "Gentile Times" Ended? ...............239

Bibliography ..................................259
Index .........................................277

Ros
"A religion that teaches lies cannot be true"--The Watchtower, 12/1/91 pg. 7

LittleToe

I don't know if it was hype to get people buying the book, but I heard that some of his statements, on chronology, may be putting him in line to get DF'ed.
Just a rumour - I apologise, in advance, if it is unfounded.

hawkaw

Thanks Ros,

Good to talk to you again.

I am looking forward to this one.

hawk

Room 215

Hi Ros, et al,

Thanks for the ``heads up'' on teh book's release. I praise the nobility of Greg's intent, but I think he labors under the old delusion that the `truth'' JW-style, is intellectually defensible.

There's no question that chronolgy, of whch they make so much, is their Achilles Heel.

amccullough

Thanks for the post, I've had my copy on order for months and was beginning to wonder if Elihu books was even still in business!

ros

To Little Toe:
Greg has been pretty candid about his views in private e-mail and posting on Channel C. I'm anxious to see if he will be as explicit in his presentations in the book (in the appendix).

To: Room 215:
Hi, guy. You posted me some time ago, and I have lost your e-mail address. Would like talk a bit in private if you will e-mail me again. [email protected]