How We Read The Bible

Author : Gordon D. Fee
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310853648
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible Book by Book written by Gordon D. Fee and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the Bible doesn't need to be a difficult journey through strange and bewildering territory. How to Read the Bible Book by Book walks you through the Scriptures like an experienced tour guide, helping you understand each of its sixty-six books. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its message and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Written by two top evangelical scholars, this survey is designed to get you actually reading the Bible knowledgeably and understanding it accurately. In an engaging, conversational style, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart take you through every book of the Bible using their unique approach: Orienting Data—Concise info bytes that form a thumbnail of the book. Overview—A brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes and important landmarks in the book Specific Advice for Reading—Pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing. A Walk Through—The actual section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger landscape of the book and how its various parts work together to form the whole. How to Read the Bible Book by Book can be used as a companion to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It also stands on its own as a reliable guide to reading and understanding the Bible for yourself.

Author : James L. Kugel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451689098
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible written by James L. Kugel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible. As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now, this classic remains the clearest, most inviting and readable guide to the Hebrew Bible around—and a profound meditation on the effect that modern biblical scholarship has had on traditional belief. Moving chapter by chapter, Harvard professor James Kugel covers the Bible’s most significant stories—the Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives, Moses and the exodus, David’s mighty kingdom, plus the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, and on to the Babylonian conquest and the eventual return to Zion. Throughout, Kugel contrasts the way modern scholars understand these events with the way Christians and Jews have traditionally understood them. The latter is not, Kugel shows, a naïve reading; rather, it is the product of a school of sophisticated interpreters who flourished toward the end of the biblical period. These highly ideological readers sought to put their own spin on texts that had been around for centuries, utterly transforming them in the process. Their interpretations became what the Bible meant for centuries and centuries—until modern scholarship came along. The question that this book ultimately asks is: What now? As one reviewer wrote, Kugel’s answer provides “a contemporary model of how to read Sacred Scripture amidst the oppositional pulls of modern scholarship and tradition.”

Author : Matt Laidlaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991488063
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How We Read The Bible written by Matt Laidlaw and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who has struggled to know how to open the Bible with young people. Drawing from over a dozen years of FYI's research with young people and churches, this resource focuses in on Matt's own experience reading the Bible firsthand and attempting to teach it to students as a youth pastor.

Author : Karolien Vermeulen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146746256X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How We Read the Bible written by Karolien Vermeulen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is interpreted in a variety of ways and through a myriad of lenses. But how we interpret Scripture depends first of all on how we read it. This handbook focuses on the process of reading itself, taking a cognitive-stylistic approach grounded in recent research on language and the mind. Through accessible explanations of twelve key stylistic elements, How We Read the Bible provides all who study Scripture with the tools to understand what happens when we read and draw meaning from biblical texts. Rather than problematizing the divide between authors from the ancient world and a modern-day audience, Karolien Vermeulen and Elizabeth Hayes bridge the gap by exploring the interaction between the cues of the text and the context of the reader. With numerous examples from the Old and New Testaments and helpful suggestions for further study, How We Read the Bible can be used within any framework of biblical study—historical, theological, literary, and others—as a pathway to meeting Scripture on its own terms.

Author : Carmen Rojas
Publisher : Servant Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892833993
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible Everyday written by Carmen Rojas and published by Servant Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read the Bible Every Day helps Catholics read through the entire Bible. It includes an easy-to-use plan for beginners as well as plans for those already reading Scripture regularly. It even includes a supplemental reading plan keyed to the Church year. The three-year plan involves only 5-7 minutes a day of reading the Bible. Two-year and one-year reading plans give the more ambitious reader the opportunity to read Scripture 10-15 or 20-30 minutes a day. The two-year plan follows the daily readings of the liturgy. Its compact size means you can easily slip it inside your study Bible. Here is an invaluable guide for Catholics who want to grow in their understanding of God's Word.

Author : Harvey Gallagher Cox
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062343173
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible written by Harvey Gallagher Cox and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many people, the Bible lies at the heart of their faith, an ageless source of inspiration and guidance. On the other side of the spectrum, trained biblical scholars study the Bible using a variety of modern historical and literary approaches. But there is a wide gap be-tween these two groups of readers, a gap that brings negative consequences for both. Without an awareness of historical context, ordinary readers easily slip into a literal interpretation, while scholars sometimes overlook the deeply personal significance the Bible has for people in churches, synagogues, and Bible study groups. In How to Read the Bible, renowned Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox shows how these different ways of approaching the Bible can be reconciled to the enrichment of all. By discussing a range of biblical books from Genesis to Revelation, he demonstrates how the historical analysis of the Bible, rather than undercutting its spiritual significance, can enhance and deepen it. Drawing on some of the commonly used modes of biblical scholarship, such as archaeology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Cox opens up a rich, diverse, and contemporary version of scripture, one that wrestles with issues of feminism, war, homosexuality, and race. The result is a Bible that is a timeless but contemporary resource for all.

Author : Dan Kimball
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310113768
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How (Not) to Read the Bible written by Dan Kimball and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Reading the Bible the Fastest Way to Lose Your Faith? For centuries, the Bible was called "the Good Book," a moral and religious text that guides us into a relationship with God and shows us the right way to live. Today, however, some people argue the Bible is outdated and harmful, with many Christians unaware of some of the odd and disturbing things the Bible says. Whether you are a Christian, a doubter, or someone exploring the Bible for the first time, bestselling author Dan Kimball guides you step-by-step in how to make sense of these difficult and disturbing Bible passages. Filled with stories, visual illustrations, and memes reflecting popular cultural objections, How (Not) to Read the Bible is a lifeline for individuals who are confused or discouraged with questions about the Bible. It also works great as a small-group study or sermon series.

Author : Gordon D. Fee
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780310246046
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth written by Gordon D. Fee and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps readers determine what Scriptures meant at the time they were written and how that meaning applies to us today.

Author : George H. Guthrie
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805464549
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Read the Bible for Life written by George H. Guthrie and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guthrie presents a layperson's guide to understanding how to read the Bible in context so that its teachings are illuminated and can be fully applied to every facet of daily life.

Author : Richard Holloway
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393329544
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Bible written by Richard Holloway and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?"--The Book of Job