Mastering the Meaning of the Bible

Download or read book Mastering the Meaning of the Bible written by John L. McKenzie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McKenzie offers practical ideas on how lay persons can read and study the Bible, discussing best translations and best ways to approach difficult texts. With an appreciation for continuities between Old and New Testaments, he presents patterns, such as God's self-revelation as love, which thread throughout the Bible. The author also reveals insights into the Personality of Christ, emphasizing that Jesus was truly a man as well as God, experiencing the full range of human emotion. Finally, the book engages the place of sex in the Bible, and current trends within contemporary Catholicism.