Understanding Scripture: Forty Things to Know about the Christian Bible

by Robert P. Vande Kappelle

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2020

The Bible is the single most important book in the history of Western civilization; it is also the most widely misunderstood. To understand the Bible, we must consider its historical and literary context. Utilizing the contributions of three disciplines--biblical introduction, biblical theology, and biblical interpretation, Understanding Scripture sets the record straight. Intended as a handbook or study guide, this work provides forty practical guidelines to make your reading of the Bible more useful and your understanding clearer. The goal of this book is not simply to persuade you to read the Bible more frequently, but to encourage you to read it with discernment. The forty concepts alluded to in the book's subtitle are not factual in nature, meaning they are little concerned with biblical information. Rather, they comprise interpretive tools, "insider" techniques used by biblical scholars but widely unknown or ignored by average readers or believers. Parabolic in nature, the forty statements are designed to promote conversation rather than close or clinch an argument. This book is designed to keep you awake at night, romancing Scripture rather than mastering it, nourishing your spirituality rather than gorging or starving it. Understanding Scripture is useful for individual or group study. Each chapter concludes with questions suitable for discussion or reflection.

Product Details

• Title: Understanding Scripture: Forty Things to Know about the Christian Bible
• Author: Robert P. Vande Kappelle
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Language: German
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781725291638, 9781725291621, 9781725291614, 1725291630, 1725291622, 1725291614
• Resource ID: LLS:9781725291638
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-29T10:57:21Z

About Robert P. Vande Kappelle

Robert P. Vande Kappelle is college chaplain and professor of religious studies at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books, including his Adventures in Spirituality trilogy: Love Never Fails (2006), The Invisible Mountain (2010), and Into Thin Places (2011). His most recent titles are Beyond Belief (2012), a theological gestalt, and Iron Sharpens Iron (2013) as well as its discussion guide (2013). He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA).