Thoughtful Guide to the Bible
This book seeks to share the fruits of the Biblical revolution in an easily accessible manner. It seeks to inform you of its main features and to encourage you to do your own thinking and come to your own conclusions.
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This book seeks to share the fruits of the Biblical revolution in an easily accessible manner. It seeks to inform you of its main features and to encourage you to do your own thinking and come to your own conclusions.
Ch. 1Two images of the holy Bible : a traditional approach8Ch. 2Two images of the Bible : an inductive approach23Ch. 3Of scribes, scripts and scrolls32Ch. 4On textual criticism42Ch. 5The Old Testament : history of the Jewish people58Ch. 6The Old Testament : the Torah73Ch. 7The Old Testament : the prophets of Israel87Ch. 8New Testament "archaeology"99Ch. 9The life and letters of Paul113Ch. 10The synoptic gospels128Ch. 11A thumbnail sketch of the gospels142Ch. 12Apocrypha old and new168Ch. 13Biblical interpretation I176Ch. 14Biblical interpretation II188Ch. 15Many genres, many meanings203Ch. 16A critique of fundamentalism222Ch. 17Biblical criticism : attack and defense242Ch. 18The story of the English Bible258Ch. 19The Bible as word of God276Ch. 20Protestantism : Bible, tradition and the spirit301Ch. 21Authority in practice : a case study of two churches314Ch. 22The horizons of our vision340
