Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons /
Pregeant, Russell.
Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons / Russell Pregeant. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011. - x, 136 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: paying attention to the way we read -- More than a fortune cookie: the testimonies of two communities -- Neither fact book nor catechism: re-thinking biblical authority -- Neither science nor anti-science: Genesis, geology, the Big Bang, and Darwin -- Neither crystal ball nor horror show: understanding biblical prophecy -- Neither rigid rules nor billy-stick: the nature of biblical ethics -- The Bible and our beliefs: reflections on Christian doctrine -- Life in the Spirit: the Gospel of grace and demand -- Epilogue: the biblical witness and the Word of God.
Russell Pregeant shows that reading the Bible "without interpretation" is impossible. The right question is which assumptions are appropriate. --from publisher description.
9780800698447 (pbk) 0800698444 (alk. paper)
2011015061
015879185 Uk
Bible--Hermeneutics.
BS476 / .P74 2011
220.601 Pre 2011
Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons / Russell Pregeant. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011. - x, 136 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: paying attention to the way we read -- More than a fortune cookie: the testimonies of two communities -- Neither fact book nor catechism: re-thinking biblical authority -- Neither science nor anti-science: Genesis, geology, the Big Bang, and Darwin -- Neither crystal ball nor horror show: understanding biblical prophecy -- Neither rigid rules nor billy-stick: the nature of biblical ethics -- The Bible and our beliefs: reflections on Christian doctrine -- Life in the Spirit: the Gospel of grace and demand -- Epilogue: the biblical witness and the Word of God.
Russell Pregeant shows that reading the Bible "without interpretation" is impossible. The right question is which assumptions are appropriate. --from publisher description.
9780800698447 (pbk) 0800698444 (alk. paper)
2011015061
015879185 Uk
Bible--Hermeneutics.
BS476 / .P74 2011
220.601 Pre 2011