01616cam a2200301 a 4500 16731399 AU-EpEBC 20120416102639.0 110412s2011 mnua b 000 0 eng 2011015061 015879185 Uk 9780800698447 (alk. paper) 0800698444 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn696099250 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP SGB UKMGB BWX DLC NEMB pcc 220.601/PRE EW Pregeant, Russell. Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons / Russell Pregeant. Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2011. x, 136 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 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 Bible Hermeneutics. ddc 12538 12538 0 0 ddc 0 0 220 Bible general MAIN MAIN OS 2012-04-03 Book Depository via AbeBooks 12.45 1 220.601/PRE 09646 2014-11-21 00:00:00 2014-03-25 1 2012-04-03 AM