How to Read the Bible as Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How to Read the Bible as Literature write by Leland Ryken. This book was released on 2016-11-22. How to Read the Bible as Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why 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
Reading the Bible as Literature
Reading the Bible as Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reading the Bible as Literature write by Jeanie C. Crain. This book was released on 2010-08-09. Reading the Bible as Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This 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.
The Hidden Book in the Bible
The Hidden Book in the Bible - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hidden Book in the Bible write by Richard Elliott Friedman. This book was released on 2009-06-23. The Hidden Book in the Bible available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Renowned 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.
The Bible as Literature
The Bible as Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bible as Literature write by Tom R. Henn. This book was released on 2008. The Bible as Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dr. Henn looks critically at the epic, narrative, lyric, and dramatic qualities of the Bible. The Bible's immense variety, its capacity to speak to the heart and mind of the reader, its powerful readability, and above all, its sense of the eternal, are all brought into Henn's masterly work.
A History of the Bible
A History of the Bible - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Bible write by John Barton. This book was released on 2020-08-04. A History of the Bible available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priest In our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged since the earliest days of the Christian church. The idea of the Bible as "Holy Scripture," a non-negotiable authority straight from God, has prevailed in Western society for some time. And while it provides a firm foundation for centuries of Christian teaching, it denies the depth, variety, and richness of this fascinating text. In A History of the Bible, John Barton argues that the Bible is not a prescription to a complete, fixed religious system, but rather a product of a long and intriguing process, which has inspired Judaism and Christianity, but still does not describe the whole of either religion. Barton shows how the Bible is indeed an important source of religious insight for Jews and Christians alike, yet argues that it must be read in its historical context--from its beginnings in myth and folklore to its many interpretations throughout the centuries. It is a book full of narratives, laws, proverbs, prophecies, poems, and letters, each with their own character and origin stories. Barton explains how and by whom these disparate pieces were written, how they were canonized (and which ones weren't), and how they were assembled, disseminated, and interpreted around the world--and, importantly, to what effect. Ultimately, A History of the Bible argues that a thorough understanding of the history and context of its writing encourages religious communities to move away from the Bible's literal wording--which is impossible to determine--and focus instead on the broader meanings of scripture.
