Name: Understanding and Applying the Bible
ISBN: 9780802490919

J. Robertson McQuilkin

Why do even the sincerest students of God's Word sometimes find it dry or confusing? Too often, Robertson McQuilkin suggest, it's because they don't know how to read it. In his classic introduction to Bible study, McQuilkin shows everyday believers how to navigate the Bible's genres and plumb its thought structures with accuracy, experiencing afresh living encounters with the inspired Word. Newly revised and updated, Understanding and Applying the Bible also examines the most common errors in Bible reading. In the end, McQuilkin maintains Scripture can be understood by anyone, simply by following a set of straightforward and time-tested principles.

Understanding and Applying the Bible

Robertson McQuilkin

A solid introduction to the ins and outs of biblical hermeneutics, without the intimidation that often accompanies this subject. With the hel of this revised edition, pastors, students and laypersons need no prior knowledge of biblical exegesis to create their own Bible commentaries.

Hope Brockway

This book was incredibly informative. The author defines hermeneutics in the first few chapters and then goes into detail to teach the reader how proper interpretation is done. McQuilkin describes how presuppositions can hinder a modern reader's understanding of the Bible and how to acknowledge and change such beliefs. The author also describes faulty methods of interpretation and warns the reader against falling into such categories. He then goes on to define the different genres of the Bible. McQuilkin then describes these genres and equips the reader to read these genres in the proper way. There are plenty of examples of interpretation throughout this book as well. This book was an interesting introduction to the art and science of hermeneutics.