Making Sense of the Bible
Helen-Ann Hartley
9780745951393
160 pages
SPCK Group
Overview
David Winter offers a wise and lucid guide to reading and understanding the Bible.
Areas covered include: the 'story' told by the Bible; how to distinguish between the different writings in the Bible e.g. What is history What is poetry What is allegory what it means when Christians claim that the Bible is inspired; how to begin reading the Bible; questions raised by modern scholarship