How to Read the Bible Book by Book
How to Read the Bible Book by Book
- Author: Gordon D. Fee
- Length: 448
- Edition: Paperback
- Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
More on How to Read the Bible Book by Book:
A Guided Tour from Genesis through Revelation Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its key elements 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 a given book of the Bible using their unique, progressive 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. Here you are taken by the hand and told, "Look at this!" 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.
Description of How to Read the Bible Book by Book:
Helps people read the Bible as a whole; and even when the whole is narrowed to whole books, helps readers to see how each book fits into the grand Story of the Bible.
Information on How to Read the Bible Book by Book from the publisher:
A Guided Tour from Genesis through Revelation Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its key elements 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 a given book of the Bible using their unique, progressive 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. Here you are taken by the hand and told, "Look at this!" 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 Biography: Gordon D. Fee (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of New Testament at Regent College, Vancouver,British Columbia.
Douglas Stuart (Ph.D., Harvard University) is professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
About Gordon D. Fee:
Gordon D. Fee (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of New Testament at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.;Douglas Stuart (Ph.D., Harvard University) is professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Description of Gordon D. Fee, author of How to Read the Bible Book by Book:
Most goals are easier to accomplish if you break them up into small steps. Reading God's Word is no exception! Best-selling authors Fee and Stuart examine the "whole" Bible, then narrow their focus to individual books---taking you by the hand and showing you how all the parts of Scripture fit wonderfully together. 432 pages, softcover from Zondervan.