How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition

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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. This book is an excellent resource to get us there and I will be looking at the author’s other publications in the future. One of the advocates of this "gospel" begins his book by arguing for the "plain sense" of Scripture and claiming that he puts the Word of God first and foremost throughout his study. Definitely some practical advice for how to study the different genres of writing in the Bible, just a bit outdated.

Fee and Stuart expend considerable effort, and rightfully so, discussing the epistles, the Old Testament narrative, the book of Acts, the Gospels, the Parables, the Law, the Prophets, the Psalms, Wisdom literature and the book of Revelation. I think that most Christians tend to think that since the Bible is a book apart from all other books that it should not be read in the same way that we read other works of literature. They begin with the premise that we are all interpreters of Scripture when we read it and, therefore, we need to be responsible readers and interpreters. We can debate over how to interpret and understand 1 Corinthians, but we can't simply say it wasn't Paul's writing (or a single verse was added by mistake). The importance of understanding the "kingdom of God" cannot be overemphasized and its inclusion in this book is commendedable.Fee (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. The authors conclude with a helpful, if not exactly robust, appendix on evaluating and using commentaries, both Old and New Testament, for both the general reader and advanced students. Contemporary application of the books of the Law has, for many, been absent from their spiritual repertoire.

They list out guidelines and principles for each section of the Bible and do analysis on a number of challenging passages. If I had read something like this when I first came to Faith it would have saved me from many wacky interpretations.Authors Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart have provided the evangelical community with a salient and veridical overview of hermeneutical principles that, when applied, are of great import to the study of Scripture. But the same people seldom take literally the other imperatives in this list, which include building a parapet around the roof of one's house (v. This book is for anyone who is a critical thinker, whether Christian or not, who wishes to understand more fully the bible as it was meant to be read and understood: in the original context and as addressed to the original reader, and why.