How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth 3rd Ed

by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780310246046
• ISBN10: 0310246040
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

This book helps readers determine what Scriptures meant at the time they werewritten and how that meaning applies to us today.

Author Biography

Gordon D. Fee is professor of New Testament at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia Douglas Stuart is professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	8	(1)
Abbreviations of Translations	9	(2)
Preface to the Third Edition	11	(2)
Preface to the First Edition	13	(4)
1. Introduction: The Need to Interpret	17	(16)
2. The Basic Tool: A Good Translation	33	(22)
3. The Epistles: Learning to Think Contextually	55	(16)
4. The Epistles: The Hermeneutical Questions	71	(18)
5. The Old Testament Narratives: Their Proper Use	89	(18)
6. Acts: The Question of Historical Precedent	107	(20)
7. The Gospels: One Story, Many Dimensions	127	(22)
8. The Parables: Do You Get the Point?	149	(14)
9. The Law(s): Covenant Stipulations for Israel	163	(18)
10. The Prophets: Enforcing the Covenant in Israel	181	(24)
11. The Psalms: Israel's Prayers and Ours	205	(20)
12. Wisdom: Then and Now	225	(24)
13. The Revelation: Images of Judgment and Hope	249	(16)
Appendix: The Evaluation and Use of Commentaries	265	(11)
Index of Names	276	(1)
Scripture Index	277