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Want to see the Bible with new eyes?
This book shows you that Bible as Jesus would've seen it - culture, context and all
You'll read the Bible like you were there
Anna Hockley
Christian Books Specialist
"The Bible is an Eastern book. We see it through the colored glasses of Western culture. Much is lost. We miss the subtleties of humor and many of the underlying assumptions. . . . What lies between the lines, what is felt and not spoken, is of deepest significance."--Kenneth Bailey, The Cross and the Prodigal
What if you could sit down beside Jesus as he explained the Bible to you? What life-changing insights might emerge?
Vast treasures await us when we read the Scriptures as a native, through the eyes of one of Jesus's first-century Jewish disciples. Combining careful research with engaging prose, Lois Tverberg acts as a master guide, transporting us across the cultural divide between our world and that of the Bible.
As we begin to understand "how the Bible thinks," our own thinking will be transformed as well, and we will be able to approach God and the stories and teaching of Scripture with fresh insight. By opening our eyes to the way Middle Eastern people would have understood Jesus, Lois Tverberg takes us on a journey that will deepen our love of this very Jewish book, enriching our lives in the process.
1. Opening the Bible with Jesus: Emmaus Is Still There
Part 1: Repacking Our Mental Bag: Tools for the Journey
Learning to Be There: A Clash of Cultures
What Does “Christ” Mean, Anyway?: A Perplexing Word
Painting in Hebrew: Bold Colors, Broad Brushstrokes
Part 2: How the Bible Thinks: Big Picture Ideas That You Need to Understand
Greek Brain, Hebrew Brain: Cows, Creeds, and Concrete Metaphors
Why Jesus Needs Those Boring “Begats”: Knowing the Family Rules
7. Reading the Bible as a “We”: Insights from a Communal Perspective
Part 3: Reading about the Messiah Seeing Him through Hebrew Eyes
Memory Is Critical: Hinting at the Scriptures
Moses and the Prophets Have Spoken: Finding Promises in the Synagogue
Reading in the Third Dimension: Listening for Echoes in the Text
Jesus’ Bold Messianic Claims: Very Subtle, Very Jewish
When the Words Catch Fire: What We Miss in Isaiah 53
Acknowledgements
Appendix A: Books of the Tanakh
Appendix B: Thirty Useful Hebrew Words for Bible Study
Appendix C: Bible Translations for Word Study
Notes
Recommended Resources
Subject Index
Scripture Index
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Lois Tverberg
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Published
May 2019
Weight
341g
Page Count
288
Dimensions
14 x 21.4 x 2.1 cm
ISBN
9780801093968
ISBN-10
0801093961
Eden Code
4897364
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