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Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons / Russell Pregeant.

By: Publication details: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2011.Description: x, 136 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780800698447 (alk. paper)
  • 0800698444 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.601/PRE
Contents:
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.
Summary: Russell Pregeant shows that reading the Bible "without interpretation" is impossible. The right question is which assumptions are appropriate. --from publisher description
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Book The Emmaus Library 220 Bible general 220.601/PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 09646

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

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