What They Don T Tell You Essay

As Scott Duvall and Daniel Hays state in Grasping God’s Word, every copy of the Bible today is a translation, “unless everyone wants to learn Hebrew and Greek (the Bible’s original languages)… (Duvall and Hays 23). This being the case, people may debate which translation is more accurate; however, the best way to understand the Bible is by reading several different translations and comparing them to one another. The main reason several translations helps people grasp the full meaning of Scripture is because some translations are word for word, which is the formal approach in translation and gives a reader the closest possible words from when the text was written. On the other hand, the more functional approach in translation is thought for

Overall, this book is a really deep thinking book, I haven't fully understand what the author is trying to teach us, but I love this process of stretching my

Michael Joseph Brown, unveils new ways to read and examine the Bible in his book, titled “What They Don’t Tell You: A Survivor’s Guide to Biblical Studies”. Although quite technical, the guide, not book, really goes into depth on the process of studying the Bible and its documents. Brown has a new and refreshing way of giving the reader this information that is necessary in a small group, or for a Biblical scholar. This guide is not meant solely for the biblical scholar and talks in detail about the difference between these two, because some may link the two together. Published by the Westminster John Knox Press, WJK for short, this book gives straight forward answers on the best way to thoroughly understand Biblical text. As you read on

Though approaching the Old Testament with sound mind and pure heart, the reader may inadvertently fall into "interpretive pitfalls". According to A Survey of the Old Testament, by Andrew E. Hill, some of these pitfalls include but aren't limited to: not understanding The Bible didn't come in English, or through Western culture (17), not allowing the Bible to speak for itself (26), not recognizing presuppositions (26), or even ignoring the author's message in favor of how the interpreter wants to use the text (27). Of these downfalls, ignoring the author's message must be the worst. To ignore the message of the author means you have studied and properly understood the meaning of what you've read; however, you've chosen to manipulate The Word

For years I have heard the saying that the winner writes the history books and the loser, in most cases, has stood by idly and witnessed the discrepancies without a word. The book “Lies My Teacher Told Me” exhibits the fact that it is untrue that anyone must stand by and live with the blatant lies of history. The author poses the question of why is history taught the way it is through the means it is and how it impacts students view on history. His answer is simply because we don't want to offend the european americans and that it affects our nation's students in a very negative way. I found the misconceptions that the author broke down extraordinary and enlightening.

What needs to take priority in reading the Bible is to ask several questions that would assist the readers in understanding the text: First, What is the point? Try to determine the author’s thought. Second, what is he saying, and why does he say it in that particular scripture. Lastly, what is being stated by the author in the text that is following the one prior and why?1 Most importantly, understanding biblical interpretation which consists of; The Nature of Scripture, Exegesis, and Hermeneutics as Christians, is permissible

This is one of the most valuable books you can read, because it can teach so much over these subjects. Its use should be continued for generations to come, because it will not age, it will not become irrelevant, because, it’s in our nature as humans to fight, humans will never stop arguing, so you might as well learn to do it

After reading the introduction and the first few pages of the text, I believe this book definitely opened my mind and research topic more to greater questions to ask myself and my audience.

Knowing these three positions are important to understanding how different people go about their studying of the Bible. There shouldn't be a right or wrong way how you study the Bible as long as you take the message of God into your lives. “Any interpretation of the Bible that hinders the Holy Spirit's witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ or that diverts our full attention from discipleship

One plus point of this book is that the use of jargon is minimal. The author has made sure that the person reading it should retain maximum information. He is unbiased in his approach and has presented his content in a concise and easy to find manner. The book has little summaries or conclusions at the end of most of the chapters. I found myself often drifting away from the book because it contains so much information.

Along with the ESV Study Bible, two textbooks, some thoughts are now crafted into a flexible writer's guide. Encouragement to create "The Guide" (TG) has been the labor of love, and I praise the Holy Trinity for the opportunity. In use, TG will inspire better reading, writing, directional informational, from different platforms to help release the Bible's message to unique audiences. The main topics are in bold italics for easier location. The assignment was to combine texts Grasping God's Word (GGW) and How to Read the Bible for All it is Worth (RBW). Even since last April, the latter book has produced a fourth edition to change with the scholarship times. Both textbooks talk about preconditions but neither go into real detail

There are multiple different translations of the Bible; the fact that there are so many English Bible translations is both a blessing and a problem. It is a blessing to have the Word of God readily available in an easy to understand translation. The problem can be that words tend to get mixed up through translation, losing the intended frame of

When reading the Bible I bring in the perspective of a young adult with a curious mind. I tend to ask many questions about why events take place in the Bible and their significance. I bring an interest that many people my age don’t understand. I view the Bible as compilation of various things. It is my rule book.

There are so many events that change one’s life that it is rather difficult to try and decipher which of those events are most important. Each event changes a different aspect of your life, molding how one’s personality turns out. One of these events occurred when I was about twelve years old and I attempted to steal from a Six Flags amusement park. My reasoning for stealing wasn’t that I didn’t have the money, or even that I wanted what I stole all that badly, it was that all of my friends had stolen something earlier that day and didn’t get caught. After getting caught I resolved, because the consequences are just not worth it, never to steal or give into peer pressure again.

It is important that we understand and preserve the many different languages the Bible is translated into because they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Through these translations we may find a deeper meaning and understanding. Jost Zetzsche stated it best when he said, “I believe that translations of Scripture are not secondary fill-ins but as integral part of the ongoing and primary expression of God’s message in written form.”