I first read these books in high school and re-read again with a different perspective. Very comprehensive summary of existing historical proof of the Bible's veracity; convincing argument that Bible is more strongly defended than any other literature in terms of being correctly translated in succession since that time; logical arguments regarding proof of events in Jesus' life and against refutation arguments of critics; some gap still exists in conclusively proving actual events, as the most that can be done is to validate that original writers actually wrote what we think they wrote. In general, a very convincing work. ( )