The Complete Literary Guide to the BibleA Complete Literary Guide to the Bible is consideration of the Bible from a literary perspective, reflecting contemporary interest in the academic world of the Bible as literature. This collection of essays addresses both specific books of the Bible and general topics dealing with the Bible. The four main sections of the book are; The Bible as Literature, The Literature of the Old Testament, The Literature of the New Testament, and The Literary Influence of the Bible. The editors for A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible are Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman III. Contributors include:
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Contents
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The Literature of the Old Testament | 95 |
Genesis John Sailhamer | 108 |
Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy | 121 |
Joshua and Judges Kenneth R R Gros Louis | 137 |
Ruth Nancy M Tischler | 151 |
First and Second Samuel V Philips Long | 165 |
Daniel James H Sims | 324 |
Amos Leland Ryken | 337 |
Jonah Branson L Woodard Jr | 348 |
Part 3 | 354 |
The Literature of the New Testament Leland Ryken | 361 |
Matthew Amberys R Whittle | 376 |
Mark John H Augustine | 387 |
Luke Michael Travers | 398 |
First and Second Kings G Michael Hagan | 182 |
First and Second Chronicles Richard L Pratt Jr | 193 |
Ezra Nehemiah Douglas Green | 206 |
Esther Wilma McClarty | 216 |
Job Jerry A Gladson | 230 |
Psalms Tremper Longman III | 245 |
Proverbs Raymond C Van Leeutven | 256 |
Ecclesiastes Leland Ryken | 268 |
Song of Songs G Lloyd Carr | 281 |
Old Testament Prophecy Richard Patterson | 296 |
Isaiah William F Gentrup | 310 |
John Marianne Meye Thompson | 409 |
The Parables John W Sider | 422 |
Acts Carey C Newman | 436 |
The Epistles William G Doty | 445 |
Revelation Leland Ryken | 458 |
Part 4 | 471 |
The Literary Influence of the Bible Leland Ryken | 473 |
The Novelist and the Bible Chaim Potok | 489 |
The Bible Through a Poets Eyes Gene Warren Doty | 499 |
The Value of a Literary Approach for Preaching Sidney Greidanus | 509 |
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