How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour

How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour

How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour

How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour

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Overview

Reading the Bible doesn't need to be a difficult journey through strange and bewildering territory. How to Read the Bible Book by Book walks you through the Scriptures like an experienced tour guide, helping you understand each of its sixty-six books.

For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its message and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Written by two top evangelical scholars, this survey is designed to get you actually reading the Bible knowledgeably and understanding it accurately.

In an engaging, conversational style, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart take you through every book of the Bible using their unique approach:

  • Orienting Data—Concise info bytes that form a thumbnail of the book.
  • Overview—A brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes and important landmarks in the book
  • Specific Advice for Reading—Pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing.
  • A Walk Through—The actual section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger landscape of the book and how its various parts work together to form the whole.

How to Read the Bible Book by Book can be used as a companion to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It also stands on its own as a reliable guide to reading and understanding the Bible for yourself.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780310518082
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Publication date: 06/24/2014
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 438,971
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Gordon D. Fee† (Ph D, University of Southern California) was professor emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.


Douglas Stuart (Ph D Harvard) is senior professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He controls the use of fourteen ancient languages and is the author of several books, including Studies in Early Hebrew Meter, Old Testament Exegesis: A Primer for Students and Pastors, and Favorite Old Testament Passages.

Table of Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . 9
The Biblical Story: An Overview . . . 14
THE NARRATIVE OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 21
Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Leviticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Deuteronomy . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
1 and 2 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . .82
1 and 2 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . .91
1 and 2 Chronicles . . . . . . . .99
Ezra-Nehemiah . . . . . . . . . .108
Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
THE WRITINGS OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 119
Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Proverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Ecclesiastes . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Song of Songs . . . . . . . . . . .161
Lamentations . . . . . . . . . . .166
THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 171
Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Ezekiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Micah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Habakkuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Haggai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Malachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
THE GOSPELS AND ACTS
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 267
Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
THE EPISTLES AND REVELATION
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 315
Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
1 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . .324
2 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . .333
Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Philippians . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
1 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . .364
2 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . .369
1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
2 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
2 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
1 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
The Revelation . . . . . . . . . .426
Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Appendix: A Chronological Listing of the Biblical Books. . . . . . . . 443

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