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The Bible study handbook [electronic resource] : a comprehensive guide to an essential practice / Lindsay Olesberg ; foreword by Ajith Fernando.

By: Publication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Connect, c2012.Description: 1 online resource (253 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781461937432 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461937434 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bible study handbook.DDC classification:
  • 220.071 23
LOC classification:
  • BS476 .O53 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foundations: Centrality of the word -- Power of the word -- Authority of the word -- Water for the soul -- Community around the word -- Building blocks: Honor the author -- Respect for the story -- Attentiveness -- Curiosity -- Understanding -- Response -- Tool box: Selection -- Creating a manuscript -- Prayer -- Determining genre -- Research tools -- Identifying structure -- Imagination -- Commentaries -- Studying poetry -- Group study. Appendix A: Tips for small group leaders -- Appendix B: Introduction to inductive Bible study -- Appendix C: Paying attention to the Bible -- Appendix D: Laws of composition--extended version -- Appendix E: Resources.
Summary: In The Bible Study Handbook Lindsay Olesberg lays a foundation for why we read the Bible, what attitudes and expectations are most helpful as we enter into serious Bible study, and what methods and practices yield the most fruit. --from publisher description
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Foundations: Centrality of the word -- Power of the word -- Authority of the word -- Water for the soul -- Community around the word -- Building blocks: Honor the author -- Respect for the story -- Attentiveness -- Curiosity -- Understanding -- Response -- Tool box: Selection -- Creating a manuscript -- Prayer -- Determining genre -- Research tools -- Identifying structure -- Imagination -- Commentaries -- Studying poetry -- Group study. Appendix A: Tips for small group leaders -- Appendix B: Introduction to inductive Bible study -- Appendix C: Paying attention to the Bible -- Appendix D: Laws of composition--extended version -- Appendix E: Resources.

In The Bible Study Handbook Lindsay Olesberg lays a foundation for why we read the Bible, what attitudes and expectations are most helpful as we enter into serious Bible study, and what methods and practices yield the most fruit. --from publisher description

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