Curious about JWD3?
Over a year ago we started taking preorders for the third edition of my Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended: An Answer to Scholars and Critics. Just short of a year ago, I wrote about the contents and projected release date of the book (see “The Third Edition of Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended,” IN MEDIO [August 1, 2006], on elihubooks.com). At that time, my intention was to provide a corrected, slightly revised version of the second edition, and to release it in late 2006 or in early 2007. That vision has since changed and, consequently, so has the date of the third edition’s release.

The third edition is coming rapidly to a finish, but there is still a tremendous amount of type-setting, editing, and indexing that is needed. I greatly appreciate the patience of all those who have pre-ordered the book and who have had to endure changes for the release date. But I promise you, it is coming. The book is only being released in hard cover, and for those who pre-order in the USA shipping is free through the date of the book’s release. Preorders will be shipped in the order in which they are received, so pre-ordering is recommended if you want to receive your copy soon after the release.

At Elihu Books, our objective is not to make a lot of money selling books or DVDs. We want people to have information in the best possible form for their personal use, and to help others. We also want the material we present in defense of Jehovah God to have a dignified and professional quality. But DVDs and books, especially hard cover books with a high page count, are very expensive to publish. Having said that, at Elihu Books we also realize that many people simply cannot afford $15 here or $35 there for different publications or videos. That’s why, in addition to all of the online materials we offer for free (IN MEDIO, “Upon the Lampstand,” and everything else readable, audible, or viewable on our site) we are going to offer a new division at Elihu Books through which all of the items we offer for sale will be made available for free to those who are truly unable to pay for them. Obviously, the extent to which we will be able to do this will depend on our own financial resources and the offsets to our expenses that we receive through purchases of our products. But I am confident we’ll be able to make this work so that everyone, one way or another, can get copies of what we offer on our site.

Getting back to JWD3, I know that many are curious about what it will contain and how the information will be presented. Below is a listing of all fifteen chapters and a brief description of each. In the description of Chapter 1, there is also a link to a preview of the first 30 pages of the book:

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