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: 9780195161496

ISBN-10: 0195161491

ISBN-13: 9780195161496

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Steven L. McKenzie

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More people read the Bible than any other book. Indeed, many try to live their lives according to its words. The question is, do they understand what they're reading? As Steven McKenzie shows in this provocative book, quite often the answer is, "No." 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 intended audience. In short, we must recognize the genres to which these texts belong. McKenzie examines several genres that are typically misunderstood, offering careful readings of specific texts to show how the confusion arises, and how…

Book details

List price: $54.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction : Jonah and genre



Not exactly as it happened : historiography in the Bible



Forthtelling, not foretelling : Biblical prophecy



Life's real questions : wisdom literature in the Bible



Not the end of the world as we know it : apocalyptic literature in the Bible



Issues in the churches : the letters of the New Testament