The Desire of Ages

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The Desire of Ages is a book about the life of Jesus Christ authored by Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and prophetess, Ellen G. White. It is part of her five volume Conflict of the Ages series.

Desmond Ford, a self-described bibliophile (lover of books) has called it the most "beautiful" book he has ever read.^[1]

Jerry D. Thomas has authored a contemporary adaptation named Messiah (author's page; publisher's page).

Contents 1 Dependence on sources 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Dependence on sources

After a ten year study of White's book Desire of Ages, Adventist scholar Fred Veltman found that for the chapters he studied, there was content which derived from other sources without citation.^[2] The nature of the literary dependence must however be taken in the context of what was accepted at the time. It has also been argued that the sources she borrowed from were known to her readers, eliminating the likelihood of an intention to deceive.^[3][4]

[edit] See also

• Inspiration of Ellen White
• List of Ellen White writings
• Steps to Christ

[edit] References

1. ^ Notes from a presentation made by Desmond Ford to the Sydney Adventist Forum meeting at the Castle Hill Adventist Church (website) in 1997. Unpublished document (?)
2. ^ Veltman, Fred (November, 1988). Life of Christ Research Project.
3. ^ Ronald L. Numbers (January 1977). "An Author Replies to His Critics" (PDF). Spectrum Magazine 8 (2): 27-36. 
4. ^ Attorney Vincent L. Ramik, a specialist in patent, trademark, and copyright cases. After researching about 1,000 copyright cases in American legal history, Ramik issued a 27-page legal opinion in which he concluded "Ellen White was not a plagiarist, and her works did not constitute copyright infringement/piracy." [1]

[edit] External links

• The Desire of Ages online at the Ellen G. White Estate website