How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour

by Marija Vidovic, Debra Youthed

Overview

Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its key elements and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Written by two top evangelical scholars, this survey is designed to get you actually reading the Bible knowledgeably and understanding it accurately.

In an engaging, conversational style, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart take you through a given book of the Bible using their unique, progressive approach:

• Orienting Data—Concise info bytes that form a thumbnail of the book
• Overview—A brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes and important landmarks in the book
• Specific Advice for Reading—Pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing
• A Walk Through—The actual section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger landscape of the book and how its various parts work together to form the whole. Here you are taken by the hand and told, “Look at this!”

How to Read the Bible Book by Book can be used as a companion to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It also stands on its own as a reliable guide to reading and understanding the Bible for yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310518082
Publisher:	Zondervan Academic
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Gordon D. Fee (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Douglas Stuart is Professor of Old Testament and Chair of the Division of Biblical Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He holds the B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Among his earlier writings are Studies in Early Hebrew Meter, Old Testament Exegesis: A Primer for Students and Pastors, and Favorite Old Testament Passages.

Table of Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . 9
The Biblical Story: An Overview . . . 14
THE NARRATIVE OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 21
Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Leviticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Deuteronomy . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
1 and 2 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . .82
1 and 2 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . .91
1 and 2 Chronicles . . . . . . . .99
Ezra-Nehemiah . . . . . . . . . .108
Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
THE WRITINGS OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 119
Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Proverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Ecclesiastes . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Song of Songs . . . . . . . . . . .161
Lamentations . . . . . . . . . . .166
THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 171
Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Ezekiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Micah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Habakkuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Haggai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Malachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
THE GOSPELS AND ACTS
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 267
Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
THE EPISTLES AND REVELATION
IN THE BIBLICAL STORY 315
Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
1 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . .324
2 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . .333
Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Philippians . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
1 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . .364
2 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . .369
1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
2 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
2 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
1 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
The Revelation . . . . . . . . . .426
Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Appendix: A Chronological Listing of the Biblical Books. . . . . . . . 443