How should we read the Bible?
A Perspective for an Informed Reading
 


I. Introduction
II. Confessional and Non-confessional Readings
III. Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
IV. Literary Settings
V.  Historical Settings
VI. Our Contemporary Contexts
   
   

Terms and Concepts to Remember
 


Confessional
Non-confessional
Synchronic
Diachronic

Literary Setting
—Types of Literature
—Production (Composition)
—Transmission
—Translation
Historical Setting
—Narrative Context
—Authorial Context

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