Understanding Scripture

Mickelsen, A Berkeley

Understanding Scripture How to Read and Study the Bible - Peabody Hendrickson Publishers 2002 - 141p

includes index and biblioraphy

1 What Can We Expect from Bible Study? 5 2 How Can We Know What the Bible Means? 14 3 What Makes the Bible Different? 23 4 What to Look for in Bible Translations 33 5 How the Bible Was Written and Compiled 46 6 The Life and Times of Bible People 53 7 What Is This Passage Talking About? 61 8 The Bible Is Rich in Figurative Language 70 9 Parables and Allegories 79 10 What Were the Prophets Saying? 86 11 The Language of Genesis and Revelation 101 12 Understanding the Poetry of the Bible 114 13 How Do We Build Doctrine and Theology? 124 14 Bringing It All Together 132

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