The Art of Reading Scripture

5 best books like The Art of Reading Scripture (Ellen F. Davis): Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Confessions, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Exploring the Unity Diversity of Scripture, Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God, Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Author	Anne Lamott
ISBN	0385480016

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and...

Confessions

Author	Augustine of Hippo
ISBN	0192833723

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting...

New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Exploring the Unity Diversity of Scripture

Author	T. Desmond Alexander
ISBN	0830814388

At the heart of this work is an A-to-Z encyclopedia of over 200 key biblical-theological themes such as atonement, creation, eschatology, Israel, Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God, redemption, suffering, wisdom and worship. Students and communicators of the Bible will be well served by articles...

Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God

Author	Robert W. Jenson
ISBN	0195145984

The Triune God, together with the forthcoming second volume, The Works of God, develops a compendious statement of Christian theology in the tradition of a medieval summa, or of such modern works as those of Schleiermacher and Barth. Theology, as it is understood here, is the Christian church's continuing...

Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers

Author	Michael J. Gorman
ISBN	1565634853

"Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers" presents the essential elements of sound exegetical method in a succinct and incisive way. Designed for students, teachers, pastors, and others wishing to think and write about the Bible carefully, this brief hands-on guide...