Doing Bible Interpretation!: Making the Bible Come Alive for Yourself and Your People

by Larry W Caldwell

Overview

Make the Bible come alive for yourself and your people! For over 30 years Larry W. Caldwell, Ph.D., has helped train thousands of individuals around the world in doing Bible interpretation. Now his Bible interpretation methods are being made available to a wider audience. By following seven simple steps-and using only the Bible-Dr. Caldwell clearly shows how everybody can do Bible interpretation. He then gives concrete examples of how to use these seven steps in interpreting the major literary forms found in the Bible, like stories, law, parables, and so on. This book is for all who desire to understand, teach and preach God's Word better: pastors, missionaries, church leaders, Sunday School teachers, and everybody in between. Doing Bible interpretation is for everyone!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530856558
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/08/2016
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Larry W. Caldwell (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) is Academic Dean and Professor of Intercultural Studies at Sioux Falls Seminary, as well as Director of Training and Strategy for Converge. He, along with his wife Mary, were missionaries in the Philippines for over 20 years where Larry was Professor of Bible Interpretation and Missions, as well as Academic Dean, at Asian Theological Seminary in Manila. Larry teaches regularly on Bible interpretation, contextualization and ethnohermeneutics (Bible interpretation done in cross-cultural, multi-cultural and multi-generational settings) at seminaries and training institutions in the United States and throughout the world. Larry has published several of his own books as well as dozens of articles found in many Western and Asian academic journals and books. In addition he has presented dozens of academic papers at missiological and theological meetings in both Asia and the United States.