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| Preface | |
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| The Bible As God's Self-Revelation | |
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| God Entered into an Ongoing Covenant | |
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| The Old Testament | |
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| The New Testament | |
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| Roadblocks to Reading the Bible | |
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| The Word of God in Christian Life | |
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| Commitment to God's Word | |
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| The Transforming Power of the Word of God | |
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| The Role of the Holy Spirit | |
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| Choosing a Bible Today | |
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| The Catholic and Protestant Versions | |
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| Deciding Which Bible to Use | |
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| Methods of Biblical Translation | |
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| Formal Equivalence Translations in Modern English | |
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| Dynamic Equivalence Translations in Modern English | |
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| So Which Bible Should I Read? | |
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| Exploring Your Bible | |
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| The Order of the Biblical Books | |
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| Understanding Biblical Citations | |
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| Looking Up Bible Passages | |
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| Helpful Additions to the Bible | |
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| The Scriptures of God's People | |
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| The Hebrew Scriptures Formed Over Centuries | |
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| The New Testament Formed Through the Life of the Church | |
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| The Stages of the Bible's Development | |
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| The Inspired Word of God's Church | |
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| Human Limitations and God's Truth | |
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| The Bible is the Book of the Church | |
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| A Church Nourished by Sacred Scripture | |
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| The Word of God in Human Words | |
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| Literary Forms in the Bible | |
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| Examples of Literary Forms in the Bible | |
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| The Historical Reliability of the Bible | |
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| The Challenge of Faithful Interpretation | |
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| The Literal Sense and the Fuller Senses | |
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| Example of Multiple Senses | |
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| Considerations for Faithful Interpretation | |
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| The Fallacy of Biblical Fundamentalism | |
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| Characteristics of Biblical Fundamentalism | |
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| The Christian Challenge | |
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| The Canon of the Bible | |
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| Formation of the Old Testament Canon | |
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| The Collection of Old Testament Books | |
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| The Composition of New Testament Books | |
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| Formation of the New Testament Canon | |
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| The Importance of Biblical Scholarship | |
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| Author, Text, and Audience | |
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| Discovering What the Text Meant-The Historical-Critical Approach | |
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| Discovering What the Text Means-Other Methods of Scholarship | |
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| How to Read and Study the Bible | |
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| A Few Practical Suggestions | |
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| Tools for Studying the Bible | |
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| A Method for Personal Daily Study | |
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| Group Study of the Bible | |
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| Let's Go Forward | |