Ferlo, Roger, 1951-

Opening the Bible / Roger Ferlo. - Boston, Mass. : Cowley, c1997. - viii, 135 p.; 22 cm. - The new church's teaching series; v.2 .

Includes bibliographical references

Contents: Why read the Bible: Ruminating on the Bible Preparing to read: Scroll and codex: the earliest Bibles-- The Portable book Scanning the page: The Running head-- Citing paper and verse-- Some typographical conventions Comparing translations: What translations reveal-- The translating process-- The question of inclusive language-- mining the footnotes Interpreting the explanatory notes: Jewish Talmud and Christian gloss-- William Tyndale and Simple plain sense Tracing cross-references Reading the Bible, Reading Scripture: Reading silently, reading aloud-- The voices of the page-- Open books, closed minds-- Reading the script, hearing the play-- Take it and read

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Bible--Study and teaching

BS 600.2 / .F74 1997