How to understand your Bible
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Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Connect, [2010].
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Book
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3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780830810932, 0830810935
Physical Desc:
205 pages ; 21 cm
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CCU Circulating Books (off-campus)
BS 511.3 .S74 2010
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Norton Sterrett presents the general rules for reading the Bible's ordinary language and moves on to specific principles that apply to special types of language such as parables, figures of speech, Hebrew poetry and symbols. Richard Schultz has updated T. Norton Sterrett's beginner's guide to understanding the Bible. He suggests some more recent reference tools and offers more examples from contemporary English translations. In a new concluding chapter he helps you try out the principles on Psalm 51. --from publisher description

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APA Citation (style guide)

Sterrett, T. N., & Schultz, R. L. (2010). How to understand your Bible. 3rd ed. Downers Grove, Ill., IVP Connect.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sterrett, T. Norton and Richard L. Schultz. 2010. How to Understand Your Bible. Downers Grove, Ill., IVP Connect.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sterrett, T. Norton and Richard L. Schultz, How to Understand Your Bible. Downers Grove, Ill., IVP Connect, 2010.

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Sterrett, T. Norton. and Richard L Schultz. How to Understand Your Bible. 3rd ed. Downers Grove, Ill., IVP Connect, 2010.

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Norton Sterrett presents the general rules for reading the Bible's ordinary language and moves on to specific principles that apply to special types of language such as parables, figures of speech, Hebrew poetry and symbols. Richard Schultz has updated T. Norton Sterrett's beginner's guide to understanding the Bible. He suggests some more recent reference tools and offers more examples from contemporary English translations. In a new concluding chapter he helps you try out the principles on Psalm 51. --from publisher description
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