Anyone who has read the Bible very much will recognize that there are different kinds of
literature in the Old and New Testaments. There are parables, poetry, prophetic visions …

There are many opinions and subsequent interpretations on the Book of Genesis. What did
the author of Genesis intend and how can we possibly know, or is the important thing only …

Myth and its Modern definers is gen 1 a myth? The answer to this question depends on what
one thinks a myth is and also on what one think about gen 1. For believers in the Bible, the …

There is no field of human thought in which the concept of the'literal'is as much used as in
the understanding of the Bible. It is used also in law, it is used in literary criticism, but …

The nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This book
introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical …

For years, the evangelical church and its members have debated whether the Bible should
be interpreted literally or symbolically in regards to the age of the earth. In their …

Several factors have contributed to this book. One is the good biblical tradition of British
nonconformity in which I grew up, with a sound emphasis on the importance of biblical …

Biblical Foundations Award Finalist Genesis is a book of origins: of the world, of sin, of God's
promise of redemption, and of the people of Israel. It traces God's pledge of a Savior through …

McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical
authors themselves--what sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would …

Second comes literature. Studying the literary context is the focus of bible study, since
Scripture is a piece of writing, a text that has three major components:(1) canon;(2) genre; …