Enjoying the Bible : literary approaches to loving the scriptures /
Mullins, Matthew, 1983-
Enjoying the Bible : literary approaches to loving the scriptures / [print] Matthew Mullins. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, (c)2021. - xvii, 203 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The hatred of poetry and why it matters -- How reading literature became a quest for meaning -- The Bible is literature -- Meaning is more than message -- Not anything -- Reading with our guts -- Delight and instruction -- Why we worship -- Changing our approach -- How to read: General sense -- How to read: Central emotion -- How to read: Formal means -- A short compendium of forms -- Conclusion: Negative capability and habituation -- Afterword: Reading aloud.
"A literature professor shows how learning to read and love poetry can increase our understanding of the biblical text, helping us learn to read and love God's Word"--
9781540961662 9781540963932
2020027152
Bible--Appreciation.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS538.M959.E556 2021
Enjoying the Bible : literary approaches to loving the scriptures / [print] Matthew Mullins. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, (c)2021. - xvii, 203 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The hatred of poetry and why it matters -- How reading literature became a quest for meaning -- The Bible is literature -- Meaning is more than message -- Not anything -- Reading with our guts -- Delight and instruction -- Why we worship -- Changing our approach -- How to read: General sense -- How to read: Central emotion -- How to read: Formal means -- A short compendium of forms -- Conclusion: Negative capability and habituation -- Afterword: Reading aloud.
"A literature professor shows how learning to read and love poetry can increase our understanding of the biblical text, helping us learn to read and love God's Word"--
9781540961662 9781540963932
2020027152
Bible--Appreciation.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS538.M959.E556 2021