About the book:

Encyclopedia Of Biblical Prophecy: The Complete Guide To Scriptural Predictions And Their Fulfillment, By Dr. J. Barton Payne, former professor at Wheaton College, IL. 1st edition published in 1973 by Harper & Row, Publishers

An indispensable tool for students of the Bible, for students in theological seminaries and Bible colleges, for pastors, and for concerned lay people, The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy features:

• 1,817 entries covering all predictions in the Bible.
• a complete discussion of the 8,352 predictive verses in the Bible.
• 14 tables, including three on the Book of Revelation.
• complete list of scriptural prophecies pertaining to Christ.
• 737 major subjects that appear in biblical prediction.
• 4 statistical appendixes.
• 5 complete indexes.
• 754 pages, bibliography, appendixes, indexes

Reviewers Comments 

"This book is destined to become the standard work on Biblical eschatology. It is a very balanced and scholarly treatment from a devout evangelical who is committed to the inspired word of God."
ED F. SANDERS. Director, Biblical Research Institute, Wheaton, IL*

"The most exhaustive work I know of on the subject of predictive prophecy and its fulfillment. It will be the standard work on the subject for years to come and should be in the libraries of clergymen, theological seminaries, and institutions of higher learning."
HAROLD LINDSELL, Editor Christianity Today

 "It is a major work of unusual scope. Although the viewpoint of the author is obvious, he does not overemphasize it, but indicates different methods of interpretation and possible alternative conclusions in controversial passages. In my opinion, the greatest value of this work is its correlation of all possible predictive prophecy into one sequence of presentation, so that other interpreters can gain a better perspective on the total subject."
MERRILL C. TENNEY, Professor of Bible and Theology Wheaton College

"A helpful reference book in any pastor's library."
M. A. LUNN, Department of Publications, Church of the Nazarene

"The material is presented in a manner serviceable to the general public no less than to scholars. Its usefulness is not limited to those of a particular eschatological bent."
CARL F. H. HENRY, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Comments on the book by Gleason Archer:
A very comprehensive collection and analysis of nearly 600 topics of prediction in Holy Scripture has been assembled by J. Barton Payne in his 754-page volume, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (Harper & Row, 1973), which pertain to the era of the Old Testament and of the New Testament as well, up to the present century. (He lists 127 more topics of predictions pertaining to the Last Days and the Millennial Kingdom.) This immense body of evidence renders all claim to uninspired human origin of the Bible totally absurd. Such a denial amounts to a hide-bound fideism unworthy of any scholar who claims to be an intelligent thinker. There is no possibility of explaining 600 topics of fulfilled prophecies as within the competence of uninspired human authorship.

The evidence of fulfilled prophecy lies not only in the realm of historical accuracy, but also in volume. According to J. Barton Payne, 8,352 verses of the Bible are predictive; a total of 27 percent of the entire Bible. Of the total Old Testament Scripture texts that are predictive, 70 percent find fulfillment within the confines of the biblical narrative itself. The 30 percent that remain unfulfilled are primarily eschatological in nature, i.e., the second coming of Christ, the Millennial Kingdom, and the consummation of the Church Age. Virtually no prophetic utterance recorded in Scripture pertaining to any event through to the advent of the Church in New Testament narrative has failed to be fulfilled. Biblical prophecy is precise, explicit, and accurate with a record of proven
fulfillment that stands as its own testimony of conclusive evidence as to the veracity of Scripture. Those who wish to examine this evidence are invited to examine Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy. (A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, Excursus 1, by Gleason Archer, Jr.)

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* Biblical Research Institute (BRI) is no longer active (since 1974)