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Author: Ernest Sutherland Bates
Publisher: Poseidon Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 1258
ISBN-13: 9780671879594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrief background information precedes each chapter of this King James version of the Bible
Author: Leland Ryken
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2016-11-22
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0310536332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy the Good Book Is a Great Read If you want to rightly understand the Bible, you must begin by recognizing what it is: a composite of literary styles. It is meant to be read, not just interpreted. The Bible’s truths are embedded like jewels in the rich strata of story and poetry, metaphor and proverb, parable and letter, satire and symbolism. Paying attention to the literary form of a passage will help you understand the meaning and truth of that passage. How to Read the Bible as Literature takes you through the various literary forms used by the biblical authors. This book will help you read the Bible with renewed appreciation and excitement and gain a more profound grasp of its truths. Designed for maximum clarity and usefulness, How to Read the Bible as Literature includes * sidebar captions to enhance organization * wide margins ideal for note taking * suggestions for further reading * appendix: "The Allegorical Nature of the Parables" * indexes of persons and subjects
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeanie C. Crain
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2010-08-09
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0745635083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides the ideal entry-point to the process of reading, understanding, and assessing what many recognize to be the important and powerful literature of the Bible. The book introduces the tools of literary analysis, including: language and style, the formal structures of genre, character study, and thematic analysis.
Author: Ernest Sutherland Bates
Publisher: The Floating Press
Published: 2009-06-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1775415546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDue to its singular importance as a sacred text to millions of believers, the Christian Bible is often regarded as an entity unto itself that came into being in one fell swoop. However, as author Ernest Sutherland Bates reminds us, nothing could be further from the truth. The Bible was a work in progress for thousands of years, and the versions that most Christians read today have gone through dozens of translations and renderings. Biography of the Bible presents the remarkable story of how this book came to be.
Author: Timothy Schehr
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780867165982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bible can be intimidating. This is as true for seasoned biblical scholars as it is for first-time readers. Fr. Timothy Schehr's insightful approach recognizes that the Bible is not one monolithic text, but a complete library--seventy-three volumes of poetry, stories, history, imagination and revelation. He offers a quick introduction to each of these books that highlights the main characters, the great themes, the central questions and the spiritual lessons.
Author: Alan Dundes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780847691982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDundes offers a new and exciting way to resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's prewritten legacy and that persist today. He unearths and contrasts multiple versions of nearly every major biblical event, including the creation of woman, the flood, the ten commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the inscription on the Cross.
Author: Andrew Knowles
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780806643564
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ilustrated companion guide to the Bible provides insight, time lines, chapter outlines, and context, staying close to the text and offering running commentaries and descriptions.
Author: David Plotz
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-02-20
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 0061972886
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Hilarious. . . . It’s Cliff Notes for Scripture—screenplay by Plotz, story by God. . . . In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer.” — The New York Times Book Review “Like the Bible itself, Good Book contains multitudes—it is by turns thought-provoking, funny, enlightening and moving.” — A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically “Plotz is a genius writer.” — Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World A whip-smart, laugh-out-loud tour through the most important book in the world, a book most people have never read: the Bible.
Author: Richard Elliott Friedman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-06-23
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0061952753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenowned biblical sleuth and scholar Richard Elliot Friedman reveals the first work of prose literature in the world-a 3000-year-old epic hidden within the books of the Hebrew Bible. Written by a single, masterful author but obscured by ancient editors and lost for millennia, this brilliant epic of love, deception, war, and redemption is a compelling account of humankind's complex relationship with God. Friedman boldly restores this prose masterpiece-the very heart of the Bible-to the extraordinary form in which it was originally written.
