Author: John William Drane
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9780800636722
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"In this volume, Drane covers the entire Bible, both Old and New Testaments. The reader is introduced to each book, and key issues that reading the Bible raises are covered in special articles concerning authorship, theology, history, literature, and the cultures of ancient Israel and the earliest followers of Jesus. The text includes maps, charts, photos, paintings, mosaics, line-drawings, and chronologies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Fred Wagner
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830894144
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 121
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No book has sold more copies. No book has influenced so many people. The Bible has informed all of the world's religions. Yet for many, it remains a mystery. Would you like to read and understand the Bible for yourself? The studies in this guide are designed to help you do that. You will look at four major themes in the Bible: what God is like what people are like who Jesus is how to meet Jesus Passport to the Bible will take you on a journey like no other. It offers definitions for the new and difficult vocabulary you may encounter in the Bible. And it provides questions to help you uncover key ideas as you read through each book of the Bible. For discussion group leaders, notes at the back of this guide offer additional insight and direction. In short, everything is included to help you get to know the Bible--whether you study on your own, one-to-one with a friend, or in a small group. Here is a valuable introduction to the best book you will ever read.
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664248833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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This profusely illustrated book is doubly valuable! It introduces the reader to both the content of the Bible and to the life, faith, and history of ancient Israel, early Judasim, and early Christianity.
Author: Stephen J. Binz
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 0814638899
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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Catholics are often reluctant to begin reading the Bible, this is for various reasons. Perhaps we hang on to the notion that the Bible is a book meant for display, for recording the dates of family members ' births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Or perhaps we once attempted to read the Bible and discovered there a culture entirely different from ours 'and came to the conclusion that the Bible had nothing relevant to say to us in this place and time. Attentive to these and the many other reasons Catholics might give for not reading Scripture, Stephen Binz offers practical explanations that will make the Bible less foreign and more familiar. Introduction to the Bible allows readers to discover how the Bible came to be, how to choose a Bible translation, how to interpret the Bible within Catholic tradition, and how to benefit the most from Bible study. Readers will find practical explanations that will make the Bible less foreign and more familiar. Stephen J. Binz is a Catholic biblical scholar, speaker, and counselor. He did graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature. Binz is the author of numerous books on the Bible, including The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus and The God of Freedom and Life, both published by Liturgical Press.
Author: John Schaller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Author: Christopher Gilbert
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1616431598
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
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A literary and historical introduction to the Bible exploring the content of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian New Testament, but also introducing the reader to scholarly questions and theories about the Bible.
Author: G. Coleman Luck
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575679744
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 135
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A survey of the Bible as a whole, with a summary of each book's context, outline, and content.
Author: Andrew Knowles
Publisher: Augsburg Books
ISBN: 9780806643564
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An 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: Rev. Fr. John Laux
Publisher: TAN Books
ISBN: 1505103002
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Author: Jerry L. Sumney
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 1506466796
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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What is the Bible? How did it get to us? Why are translations so different? And what influence has the Bible had on culture? From its very first pages, The Bible: An Introduction, Third Edition, offers clear answers to the most basic questions that first-time students and curious inquirers bring to the Bible. Without presuming either prior knowledge of the Bible or a particular attitude toward it, Jerry L. Sumney uses straightforward language to lead the reader on an exploration of the Bible's contents and the history of its writings, showing how critical methods help readers understand what they find in the Bible. Filled with maps, charts, illustrations, and color photographs to enhance the student's experience with the text. This third edition offers a number of revisions and a new section on the deuterocanonical books. Neither polemical nor apologetic, The Bible presents the biblical writings as the efforts of men and women in the past to understand their lives and their world in light of the ways they understood the divine.
