Eat This Book The Art of Spiritual Reading

Name: Eat This Book The Art of Spiritual Reading
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ISBN: 9780802829481

ISBN-10: 0802829481

ISBN-13: 9780802829481

Edition: 2006

Authors: Eugene H. Peterson

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Eugene Peterson is convinced that the "way" we read the Bible is as important as "that" we read the Bible. Do we read it for information about God and salvation, for principles and "truths" that we can use to live better? Or do we read it in order to listen to God and respond in prayer and obedience? "Eat This Book" challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers much-needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. Along the way, he draws readers into a fascinating conversation about the nature of language, the ancient practice of "lectio divina," and the role of translations,…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 186
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968

Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message, a bestselling translation of the Bible, is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, British Columbia, and the author of over thirty books. He and his wife, Jan, live in Montana.

"The forbidding discipline of spiritual reading"	p. 1
The holy family at table with holy scripture	p. 15
Scripture as text : learning what God reveals	p. 23
Scripture as form : following the way of Jesus	p. 37
Scripture as script : playing our part in the spirit	p. 59
Caveat lector	p. 81
"Ears thou hast dug for me"	p. 90
God's secretaries	p. 121
The message	p. 137
Some writers on spiritual reading	p. 177
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