The an aid to reading the Bible Hyatt, J. Philip (James Philip) 1909-1972 creator text bibliography Introductions. mou St. Louis Bethany Press [1964] 1964 monographic eng

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367 pages 23 cm I.A modern approach to the Bible -- Reasons for reading the Bible -- Reading the Bible like other books -- Higher (historical) criticism -- Values of the historical approach -- The role of Biblical archaeology -- Reading with eyes of faith -- Some practical suggestions -- II. Old Testament history and literature -- The historical books -- The patriarchal age -- The age of Moses -- Conquests and settlements of Canaan -- The united monarchy -- The divided monarchy -- The Babylonian exile -- The Persian and Hellenistic periods -- The Maccabean revolt -- III. The faith of the Old Testament -- Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel -- Israel, the covenant people -- The nature and destiny of man -- What does the Lord require? -- IV. The Apocrypha -- The Old Testament Apocrypha -- The pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- The New Testament Apocrypha -- V. New Testament history and literature -- The Roman rule -- Religious developments in Judaism -- The four Gospels -- The life of Jesus -- The life of Paul -- The letters of Paul -- The postapostolic age -- VI. The message of the New Testament -- Jesus and the kingdom of God -- The earliest Christian preaching -- The new creature "in Christ" (Paul) -- Eternal life (John) -- Unity in diversity -- VII. Why sixty-six books? -- The idea of a canon of Scripture -- Formation of the Old Testament Canon -- Formation of the New Testament canon -- The Christian's attitude toward the canon -- VIII. How we got our English Bible -- The Hebrew Old Testament -- The Greek Old Testament -- Ancient versions -- Early English translations -- William Tyndale and the sixteenth century -- The King James Version -- English and American Revised versions -- The Revised Standard and other modern versions -- The meaning of the story -- IX. The authority of the Bible -- What the Bible is not -- What the Bible is -- Finding authority in the Bible. Includes bibliographical references. commitment to retain 20151208 pda OTUTLD Introductions Study and teaching Introductions �Etude et enseignement Study skills BS475.2 .H9 220 64013404 DLC 720518 20180222132626.0 ocm00311816 eng