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Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible’s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning

Copyright © 2012 by Crossway

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First printing 2012

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Scripture quotations are from the ESV^® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version^®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added.

Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-2999-3

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Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-3001-2

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Understanding Scripture : an overview of the Bible’s origin, reliability, and meaning / edited by Wayne Grudem, C. John Collins, and Thomas R. Schreiner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4335-2999-3 (tp)

1. Bible—Introductions. I. Grudem, Wayne A. II. Collins, C. John, 1954– III. Schreiner, Thomas R.

BS475.3.U52 2011

220.6'1—dc23

2011033695

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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CONTENTS

Part 1: Interpreting the Bible

 1 Interpreting the Bible: An Introduction, Daniel Doriani

 2 Interpreting the Bible: A Historical Overview, John Hannah

Part 2: Reading the Bible

 3 Reading the Bible Theologically, J. I. Packer

 4 Reading the Bible as Literature, Leland Ryken

 5 Reading the Bible in Prayer and Communion with God, John Piper

 6 Reading the Bible for Personal Application, David Powlison

 7 Reading the Bible for Preaching and Public Worship, R. Kent Hughes

Part 3: The Canon of Scripture

 8 The Canon of the Old Testament, Roger T. Beckwith

 9 The Canon of the New Testament, Charles E. Hill

10 The Apocrypha, Roger T. Beckwith

Part 4: The Reliability of Bible Manuscripts

11 The Reliability of the Old Testament Manuscripts, Paul D. Wegner

12 The Reliabilityof the New Testament Manuscripts, Daniel B. Wallace

Part 5: Archaeology and the Bible

13 Archaeology and the Reliability of the Old Testament, John Currid

14 Archaeology and theReliability of the New Testament, David W. Chapman

Part 6: The Original Languages of the Bible

15 Hebrew and Aramaic, and How They Work, Peter J. Williams

16 Greek, and How It Works, David Alan Black

17 The Septuagint, Peter J. Gentry

Part 7: Old Testament and New

18 A Survey of the History of Salvation, Vern S. Poythress

19 How the New Testament Quotes and Interprets the Old Testament, C. John Collins

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