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The companion to Volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Roger Ferlo's Opening the Bible, Michael Johnston's Engaging the Word teaches us how to use the critical and practical tools for reading the Bible described by Ferlo to interpret the Hebrew and Christian scriptures: what did they mean for their original audience and what do they mean for us today?

Johnston introduces us to the key terms and concepts of biblical criticism that show us how to read Scripture on three key levels: the literal, historical, and prophetic. He explores with us passages that touch on questions of ethics, the nature of God, the teachings of Jesus, and eschatology, and offers vivid insights into the physical setting and geography of the Bible.

Above all, the purpose of Engaging the Word is to help us become people who can read and interpret the Bible intelligently and perceptively. It offers the fundamental questions that we must ask of any biblical text in order to enter fully into its meaning for us and for our worshiping community:

Who wrote the passage?
When was it written?
What does it actually say?
For what community or group was it written?
What was its message for that community?
What is its message for us today?

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  • Title Engaging the Word
  • Author Michael Johnston
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 181
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cowley Publications, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1998-01-25
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9781561011469 / 1561011460
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.43 x 5.54 x 0.48 in (21.41 x 14.07 x 1.22 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Mainline
  • Category Religion - Biblical Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian education - Textbooks for adults -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97051500
  • Dewey Decimal Code 220.61

About the author

Michael Johnston is rector of Grace Church in Oak Park, Illinois, and has taught Bible study in a number of parish groups. He has also taught homiletics at Seabury-Weston Theological Seminary and in the Diocesan School for Deacons, and has studied and traveled extensively in the Holy Land.
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