TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mullins,Matthew
TI  - Enjoying the Bible: literary approaches to loving the scriptures 
SN  - 9781540961662
AV  - BS538.M959.E556 2021 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Bible
KW  - Appreciation
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 2; 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -