How to Read the Bible history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today /

McKenzie, Steven L., 1953-

How to Read the Bible history, prophecy, literature-- why modern readers need to know the difference, and what it means for faith today / [electronic resource] : Steven L. McKenzie. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 207 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.

Introduction: Jonah and genre -- Not exactly as it happened : historiography in the Bible -- Forthtelling, nor foretelling : biblical prophecy -- Life's real questions : wisdom literature and the Bible -- Not the end of the world as we know it : wisdom literature in the Bible -- Issues in the churches : the letters of the New Testament.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Bible--Introductions.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Electronic books.

BS475.3 / .M38 2005

220.6