Comments on: The Book I’ve Been Waiting For: Ryken’s Bible Handbook

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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:39:21 +0000

[...] available, and I’m guessing you can find it on your own.) [I first found this book from a review by the Internet Monk. You might look at that to gain further perspective on what this book is [...]

By: Gontroppo

Gontroppo — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:53:15 +0000

I’m puzzled by Tyndale House taking on Ryken’s handbook, considering his views on functional equivalent translations.

By: stevemccoy

stevemccoy — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:37:50 +0000

Very cool. I’m teaching a ‘how to study the Bible’ class at my church, and this is one resource I need to tell them about. Thanks Michael.

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:16:54 +0000

Michael – Thank you for mentioning this book. The amount of material available is overwhelming and I consider recommendations from trusted sources as invaluable.

By: Sled Dog

Sled Dog — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:46:35 +0000

Wow, I really enjoyed reading through the first chapter. The language flows very well, and I apprecieated the concise statements. I may just have to order one…

By: Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:25:23 +0000

Cogito- OCB is great…but not for high school students, many of whom are academically weak. Ryken’s is really the best I’ve ever seen for the secondary school-early college-intelligent layperson group

Windaria- Theology is not what I am teaching. I am teaching Intro to the Bible. Therefore, I am dealing with the text as text, and only dealing with Christian assumptions as I choose- which I do choose to do at times. The discussion of inerrancy, however, is not part of understanding the various literary genres: drama, poetry, epistle, narrative, parable, etc.

The discussion of inerrancy is another thing altogether:

http://www.internetmonk.com/index.php/archives/we-thought-he-was-such-a-nice-boyand-then-we-found-out-he-didnt-believe-ininerrancy

By: marklewin

marklewin — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:56:48 +0000

Hi Michael, this looks cool. I took a quick look at the frist chapter pdf and
was impressed. I would also recommend Leland Ryken’s book on Bible translation,
“The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation.”

I am going to have to look into the Bible Handbook as a tool to use with our youth
group.

By: cogito_inter_alia

cogito_inter_alia — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:37:52 +0000

I am sure you are familiar with this, but the Oxford Companion to the Bible is astounding! Granted, it may be a bit academic and partial to liberality, but the articles are excellent with a strong bent toward the Bible as literature.

I’d say the OCB meets all your criteria except for “visually interesting” (no pictures), lacks an index, and it is pricey.

By: Windaria

Windaria — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:31:43 +0000

Just to ask, but what do you mean “treats it like literature”? I mean I would think that the bible should be treated as the inerrant Word of God, so I am unsure as to what is meant by that.

By: the Foolish Sage

the Foolish Sage — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:35:05 +0000

WTS Bookstore has it for $12.95 (less than Amazon). And you keep this starving seminarian in a job!