How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, LiteratureWhy Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith,New

How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, LiteratureWhy Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith,New

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McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical authors themselveswhat sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would have been understood by their intended audience. In short, we must recognize the genres to which these texts belong. McKenzie examines several genres that are typically misunderstood, offering careful readings of specific texts to show how the confusion arises, and how knowing the genre produces a correct reading. The book of Jonah, for example, offers many clues that it is meant as a humorous satire, not a straightfaced historical account of a man who was swallowed by a fish. Likewise, McKenzie explains that the very names 'Adam' and 'Eve' tell us that these are not historical characters, but figures who symbolize human origins ('Adam' means man , 'Eve' is related to the word for life ). Similarly, the authors of apocalyptic textsincluding the Book of Revelationwere writing allegories of events that were happening in their own time. Not for a moment could they imagine that centuries afterwards, readers would be poring over their works for clues to the date of the Second Coming of Christ, or when and how the world would end.For anyone who takes reading the Bible seriously and who wants to get it right, this book will be both heartening and enlightening.

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