How to Read the Bible History, Prophecy, Literature--Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith Today

Name: How to Read the Bible History, Prophecy, Literature--Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith Today
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ISBN: 9780195383300

ISBN-10: 0195383303

ISBN-13: 9780195383300

Edition: 2009

Authors: Steven L. McKenzie

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More people read the Bible than any other book and, as Steven McKenzie shows in this provocative volume, most of us misread it. McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical authors themselves--what sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would have been understood by their contemporaries. McKenzie examines several genres that are typically misunderstood, offering careful readings of specific texts to show how the confusion arises, and how knowing the genre produces a correct reading. The book of Jonah, for example, offers many clues that it is meant as a humorous satire, not a straight-faced historical account of a man who was…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English