Listening to Scripture

Listening to ScriptureLooking for a guide to interpreting the Bible that is accessible, up to date, and theologically grounded? A renowned Old Testament scholar and coauthor of the bestselling The Drama of Scripture introduces us to reading the Bible with an ear toward hearing God's address. "When we read the Bible, we need to take off our shoes, as it were, because we are on holy ground," says Bartholomew. "We take up the Bible to read it, only to find that through it God

This book offers a Christian theological framework for the work of "middle space" drawn from the Old and New Testaments

It examines positions taken by evangelical scholars on seventeen seminal issues

A Top Catholic New Testament Scholar on the Rite of Baptism

Shirley Mullen invites readers to claim the powerful

The book covers all four Gospels and explores each major passage

This survey textbook by two respected New Testament scholars is designed to meet the needs of contemporary evangelical undergraduates

revised "further readings" for each chapter

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He suggests its ethical and ecclesial implications

These are the kinds of questions we want to explore in this book

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The book also includes generous amounts of Bauckham's own poetry