Letters of Grace and Beauty (Reading the Bible as Literature): A Guided Literary Study of New Testament Epistles

This is the third of a six-volume series called Reading the Bible as Literature. As with the first two volumes (How Bible Stories Work and Sweeter Than Honey, Richer Than Gold), the author explores the intersection of the Bible and literature. In this third volume, Dr. Ryken shows pastors, students, and teachers of the Bible how the literary craftsmanship of the epistles leads to a richer understanding of its contents.

After explaining the literary makeup of the epistles, he provides exercis...