ABSTRACT

A short introduction to the Bible, this text provides readers with insights into reading and studying the Bible.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|9 pages

An Issue of Distance

chapter 2|7 pages

Two Religions, One Set of Texts

chapter 3|7 pages

A Matter of Method

chapter 4|8 pages

From a Hunch to a Hypothesis

chapter 5|8 pages

What About Language?

chapter 6|12 pages

To Hear and to See

chapter 7|7 pages

Be It History or Literature?

chapter 8|6 pages

The Bible: A Book or a Library?

chapter 9|8 pages

Like an Ever-flowing Stream

chapter 10|7 pages

Let's Just Read It Literally

chapter 12|10 pages

This Canon Has One “N”

chapter 13|7 pages

The Three Legs of Interpretation

chapter 14|7 pages

A Question of Purity

chapter 15|9 pages

Digging in the Text and in the Dirt

chapter 16|8 pages

The Bible and the Examined Life

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