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He is a frequent speaker at the evangelical theological societys annual meetings and served as. The literary study bible employs the english standard version translation, for which dr. Three authors help shed light on understanding the bible, not just as the inspired work of god, but also looking at the different genres that make up the bible s bookspoetry, historical narrative, wisdom literature, story, parables, and more. Ryken, leland how to read the bible as literature and get more out of it, grand rapids, mi, zondervan, 208 pp. The background and literary genre of each book will come alive as you gain insight into each book s message and learn methods for analyzing its content. Abbreviations for titles of books referred to in the bible handbook. The bible as unique literature a genre is the literary form or. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including the word of god in english and a complete handbook of literary forms in the bible. He is the author of how to read the bible as literature and words of delight.
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