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Bible Studies and Commentaries
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The Bible Book: A user's guide, by Nick Page (Collins)
£11.99 Informative, thought-provoking and very, very
readable, The Bible Book is informal, but informed,
simple but never simplistic, it tackles the Bible with honesty,
humour and inventiveness. This book won't baffle you with
jargon, but it won't insult your intelligence either.
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Blind spots in the Bible: Puzzles and paradoxes that
we tend to avoid, by Adrian Plass (BRF 2006) £7.99
This book is filled with what I have called "blind spots"
from the Bible. Some may be familiar passages, some more
obscure, but what they have in common is at least one intriguing
or disturbing aspect that I have previously missed, or noted out
of the corner of my eye, but never got round to investigating or
facing honestly. Why did Jesus weep at the tomb of
Lazarus when he knew that his friend was about to be raised from
the dead? What does the verse in Revelation
mean about seeming alive when you are really dead, spiritually
speaking? I hope you enjoy and benefit from my "blind
spots" and I wish you a continuation of God's cheerful blessing
as you investigate your own
(Adrian Plass)
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Let the Bible be itself: Learning to read it right, by
Ray Vincent (O Books 2008) £11.99
'A very helpful, positive and creative read. I
can think of a number of conversations with evangelical and
liberal Christians about the Bible which would have been
enriched by this book.' (Brian Haynes, Former Principal of
Northern and Bristol Baptist Colleges)'If this makes your
hackles rise this is obviously the book for you. If not,
you stand to benefit even more. Very
readable, factual and reliable, informative and thought
provoking.' (Alec Gilmore, author of "Preaching as
theatre")
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Redescribing Reality: What we do when we read the
bible, by Walter Brueggemann (SCM Press 2009) £16.99 Writing with clergy and students in mind, Walter Brueggemann
provides guidance for interpreting Old Testament texts.
He offers both advice for the interpreter as well as examples of
working with different sorts of passages; from narratives,
prophecies and Psalms. He also demonstrates how to
work thematically, drawing together threads from different
traditions. His goal is to work through the rhetoric
of these passages to reach toward theological interpretation.
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The Bible made clear:An illustrated guide, by David
Winter (Lion 2008) £7.99
'At first - and even second - glance the Bible looks like a
hotchpotch, with no plot, no author, and no consistent argument
running through its pages. At this point, many
would-be readers of the Bible give up in despair. How do
you make sense of a book without argument or plot?Approaching
the bible for the first time can be a daunting experience, as it
seems to raise endless apparently unanswerable questions.
In this book, I set out to answer many of those questions and to
provide an accessible and engaging introduction to the message
of the Bible.'
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The Bible for Sinners: Interpretation in the present
time, by Christopher Rowland & Jonathan Roberts (SPCK 2008)
£10.99
Who has the right to interpret the Bible: the 'righteous' or
the 'sinners'?
Should the Bible dictate our interpretation of life or should
our lives be the context for interpreting the Bible?
Who understands the Bible most clearly: insiders or outsiders?
In this book, two experts in biblical and literary studies offer
a wide-ranging discussion of what is going on in different types
of 'Christian' interpretation. They consider examples from
history, from literature and from a range of contentious
present-day situations. Rather than providing answers, the
authors open out the fundamental interpretive questions raised
by same-sex relationships, justice in society, religious heresy
and marriage and divorce.
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Why trust the Bible? Answers to 10 tough questions, by
Amy Orr-Ewing (IVP 2005) £6.99
Challenged by her friends, and later as a student by
theological staff, Amy Orr-Ewing was determined to leave no
stone unturned in her eagerness to prove that the Bible was
unique and wholly reliable. Her passion drove her to
complete an in-depth study of the answers to ten of the most
frequently raised objections she encountered, including:Are
the original manuscripts reliable? What about other
holy books?
How can I know?
Sensitively yet convincingly, the author addresses the
arguments.
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How to read the Old Testament, by Etienne Charpentier
(SCM Press) £12.99
This book is for those who want to read the Bible but don't
know how to go about it. It has been planned as a
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How to read the New Testament, by Eitienne Charpentier
(SCM Press) £12.99
'Do you understand what you're reading?' 'How can I,
if there is no one to explain it to me?' This
brief exchange, which Luke imagines in a conversation between
Philip and the Ethiopian offical (Acts 8.30) is a good
indication of what this book sets out to do. It is a modest
attempt to help others to read the New Testament.
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The Story we live by: A reader's guide to the New
Testament,
by R Alastiar Campbell (BRF) £12.99
Starting with an analysis of the four Gospels, The Story
we live by shows how the New Testament writers shaped their
material to communicate the truth of Jesus' teaching to their
audiences and how their writings arise from and still maintain
continuity with the Old Testament. It also covers
issues such as authorship, textual dating and the different
literary forms used from sermons to apoclypse.
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The Oxford Bible Commentary, edited by John Barton &
John Muddiman ( OUP) £25.00 paperback
This commentary is the essential Bible study and reference
work for 21st-century students and readers. It
offers verse-by-verse explanations of every book of the Bible by
the world's leading biblical scholars, and provides everything
any reader, whether expert or novice, needs to understand the
text of the Bible. |
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Introducing the Old Testament,by John Drane
(Lion 2000)
£20.00
Introducing the Old Testament provides an excellent and
informative introduction to a collection of writings that lie at
the heart of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and is illustrated
throughout with maps, charts and photographs. |
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Introducing the New Testament, by John Drane (Lion
1999)
£20.00
This latest version takes full account of recent scholarly
developments in areas such as the historical Jesus, the
theologies of the four Gospels, and the role of St Paul in the
transformation of Christianity from a first-century Jewish sect
into a separate movement that was to spread throughout the
world.
Illustrated throughout with maps, charts and photographs, here
is a book for all who want to be better informed about the
foundation documents of the world's largest and most powerful
religion.
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.....for EVERYONE seriesby Tom Wright (SPCK)
£9.99 each
A major series of guides to the books of the New Testament.
Tom Wright has undertaken the task of providing guides to all
the books of the New Testament, and to furnish them with his own
fresh translation of the entire text. Each short passage
is followed by a highly readable discussion with background
information.
The series is suitable for personal or group use.
in the series are: Matthew parts 1 & 2, Mark, Luke, John
parts 1 & 2, Acts parts 1 & 2, Romans parts 1 & 2,
Corinthians parts 1 & 2, Prison Letters (Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians & Philemon),
Pastoral Letters (1 & 2 Timothy and Titus),
Galatians & Thessalonians.
Revelation (due to be published in 2010)
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William Barclay's New Daily Bible Study Series: (St
Andrews Press) £8.99 each
World-renowned for his thought provoking Daily Study Bible
series, William Barclay is one of the best-loved commentators on
the Bible.
In the New Daily Bible study series, Barclay's language has been
sensitively updated, and out-of-date references have been
removed. Readers familiar with his work will find it enhanced
throughout with explanation of contexts, sources for quotations
and other details.in the series are: Matthew parts 1 & 2,
Mark, Luke, John parts 1 & 2, Acts, Corinthians, Galatians,
Hebrews, Letters to Philippians, Colossians & Thessalonians,
Revelation parts 1 & 2
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