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Basic Bible Interpretation: A Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth »

Authors: Roy B. Zuck
ISBN-13: 9780781438773, ISBN-10: 0781438772
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: David C Cook
Date Published: May 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Roy B. Zuck

Dr. Roy B. Zuck is department chairman and professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary where he has served on faculty since 1973. Dr. Zuck has written or edited more than seventy books on Christian education and biblical studies. He had edited Bibleotheca Sacra (Dallas Seminary's theological journal) since 1986.

Book Synopsis

A hermeneutics book for the common person. Readers will appreciate the scholarly, yet readable style of Roy Zuck, former Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary.

	Foreword	7
1.	The What and Why of Bible Interpretation	9
2.	Bible Interpretation--Then and Now	27
3.	Whose View Is Valid?	59
4.	Bridging the Cultural Gap	76
5.	Bridging the Grammatical Gap	98
6.	Bridging the Literary Gap	123
7.	Figures of Speech	143
8.	Testing the Types and Sensing the Symbols	169
9.	Probing the Parables and Analyzing the Allegories	194
10.	Interpreting Prophecy	227
11.	The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament	250
12.	Applying God's Word Today	279
	Notes	293
	Answers to Exercises	302
	Person Index	305
	Scripture Index	307
	Subject Index	319