Mullins, Matthew,  1983- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781540961662 9781540963932 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020027152 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--Appreciation.<br/>Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS538.M959.E556 2021