How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bible

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE FOR ALL ITS WORTH......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 10
1 INTRODUCTION: THE NEED TO INTERPRET......Page 15
2 THE BASIC TOOL: A GOOD TRANSLATION......Page 31
3 THE EPISTLES: LEARNING TO THINK CONTEXTUALLY......Page 49
4 THE EPISTLES: THE HERMENEUTICAL QUESTIONS......Page 66
5 THE OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVES: THEIR PROPER USE......Page 85
6 ACTS: THE QUESTION OF HISTORICAL PRECEDENT......Page 103
7 THE GOSPELS: ONE STORY, MANY DIMENSIONS......Page 124
8 THE PARABLES: DO YOU GET THE POINT?......Page 148
9 THE LAW(S): COVENANT STIPULATIONS FOR ISRAEL......Page 163
10 THE PROPHETS: ENFORCING THE COVENANT IN ISRAEL......Page 181
11 THE PSALMS: ISRAEL’ S P R AYERS AND OURS......Page 205
12 WISDOM: THEN AND NOW......Page 226
13 THE REVELATION: IMAGES OF JUDGMENT AND HOPE......Page 254
Appendix THE EVALUATION AND USE OF COMMENTARIES......Page 270
About the Authors......Page 279
About the Publisher......Page 285