01777ctm a2200337 a 4500 16731399 OSt 20250804141121.0 ta 160531s2011 mnua b 000 0 eng 2011015061 015879185 Uk 9780800698447 (pbk) 0800698444 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn696099250 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP SGB UKMGB BWX DLC pcc BS476 .P74 2011 220.601 Pre 2011 22 Pregeant, Russell. Reading the Bible for all the wrong reasons / Russell Pregeant. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011. x, 136 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Introduction: paying attention to the way we read -- More than a fortune cookie: the testimonies of two communities -- Neither fact book nor catechism: re-thinking biblical authority -- Neither science nor anti-science: Genesis, geology, the Big Bang, and Darwin -- Neither crystal ball nor horror show: understanding biblical prophecy -- Neither rigid rules nor billy-stick: the nature of biblical ethics -- The Bible and our beliefs: reflections on Christian doctrine -- Life in the Spirit: the Gospel of grace and demand -- Epilogue: the biblical witness and the Word of God. Russell Pregeant shows that reading the Bible "without interpretation" is impossible. The right question is which assumptions are appropriate. --from publisher description. Bible Hermeneutics. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 5410 5410 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 220.601 Pre 2011 15382 2025-03-09 15:56:25 2025-03-09 BK