"... Book by Book ..."

I can't imagine that there is someone interested in Gordon Fee's scholarship that does not know about the book he co-authored with Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (if you are that rare person you can read more about that book in my blog posts of September 5 and September 19).

Today, I am featuring Fee and Stuart's similarly titled book, How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour, because if I could somehow mandate that all Christians read one book - besides the Bible - it would be "... Book by Book ...."

I've spent a lot of time - and money - in Christian bookstores and I have not seen a better book for explaining how the Bible should be read. Just as the title indicates, it's like having an expert take you on a tour(s) of the Bible.

Each tour for the Bible's 66 books is preceded by Orienting Data (info such as author, date, recipients, and so on), An Overview of the book, and Specific Advice for reading the book. The authors recommend that those three sections be read prior to actually reading the Biblical book being studied. Then, the section entitled, A Walk Through, is meant to be read alongside your reading of the Biblical text.

Here are four pages to whet your appetite (click on the images to enlarge them):