Exploring the Bible

by Eric D. Barreto

Overview

In Exploring the Bible, preseminarians and other students about to begin training in ministry join scholars Eric D. Barreto and Michael J. Chan on a journey through Scripture. More than simply a practical guide to reading the Bible, this book will help readers claim their unique interpretive perspective. Barreto and Chan invite us to bring our full, authentic selves to a text that will affirm and challenge us, confirm and transform us, delight and concern us. There, God speaks, and we can hear Gods word in a new way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506401041
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Foundations for Learning
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Eric D. Barreto is associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained by Peachtree Baptist Church (CBF) in 2006. He is the author of Ethnic Negotiations: The Function of Race and Ethnicity in Acts 16 (2010) and co-author of New Proclamation, Series C, Easter through Christ the King, 2013 (Fortress, 2012) as well as a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, WorkingPreacher.org, and EntertheBible.org.

Table of Contents

Part 1 What Is the Bible? 1

1 Who Are We as Readers of the Bible? 3

2 How Does a Text Mean? 9

3 Who Wrote the Bible? 17

4 Who Picked the Books of the Bible? 23

5 Why Does Translation Matter? 31

6 What Then Is the Word of God? 39

7 Who Ate We When We Read the Bible? 45

Part 2 How Then Do We Read the Bible? 51

8 How Do We Read Creation Texts? 53

9 How Do We Read Biblical Law? 59

10 How Do We Read Biblical Poetry? 63

11 How Do We Read Prophecy? 71

12 How Do We Read Wisdom Literature? 79

13 How Do We Read Narratives? 87

14 How Do We Read Four Gospels? 95

15 How Do We Read the Letters of Paul? 105

16 How Do We Read Apocalyptic Literature? 113

Conclusion 119

Recommended Reading 121

Appendix: Revised Gottwald Inventory 123