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