Also by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
How to Read the Bible Book by Book
Also by Gordon D. Fee and Mark L. Strauss
How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth
ZONDERVAN
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Copyright 1981, 1993, 2003, 2014 by Douglas Stuart and Gordon D. Fee
ePub Edition April 2014: ISBN 978-0-310-51783-2
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fee, Gordon D.
How to read the bible for all its worth/ Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. Fourth Edition
pages cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978 0 310 51782 5 (softcover)
1. Bible Study and teaching. I. Stuart, Douglas K. II. Title
BS600.3.F44 2014
220.6'1 dc23
2013041169
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc . Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
For copyrights of other translations see p. 10.
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For our parents Donald and Grace Fee and Streeter and Merle Stuart, from whom we learned our love for the Word
Contents
Preface to the First Edition
13. Revelation: Images of Judgment and Hope
OLD TESTAMENT
Gen | Genesis | Song | Song of Songs |
Exod | Exodus | Isa | Isaiah |
Lev | Leviticus | Jer | Jeremiah |
Num | Numbers | Lam | Lamentations |
Deut | Deuteronomy | Ezek | Ezekiel |
Josh | Joshua | Dan | Daniel |
Judg | Judges | Hos | Hosea |
Ruth | Ruth | Joel | Joel |
1 2 Sam | 1 2 Samuel | Amos | Amos |
1 2 Kgs | 1 2 Kings | Obad | Obadiah |
1 2 Chr | 1 2 Chronicles | Jonah | Jonah |
Ezra | Ezra | Mic | Micah |
Neh | Nehemiah | Nah | Nahum |
Esth | Esther | Hab | Habakkuk |
Job | Job | Zeph | Zephaniah |
Ps/Pss | Psalms | Hag | Haggai |
Prov | Proverbs | Zech | Zechariah |
Eccl | Ecclesiastes | Mal | Malachi |
NEW TESTAMENT
Matt | Matthew | 1 2 Thess | 1 2 Thessalonians |
Mark | Mark | 1 2 Tim | 1 2 Timothy |
Luke | Luke | Titus | Titus |
John | John | Phlm | Philemon |
Acts | Acts | Heb | Hebrews |
Rom | Romans | Jas | James |
1 2 Cor | 1 2 Corinthians | 1 2 Pet | 1 2 Peter |
Gal | Galatians | 1 2 3 John | 1 2 3 John |
Eph | Ephesians | Jude | Jude |
Phil | Philippians | Rev | Revelation |
Col | Colossians |
AD | anno Domini (in the | et al. | et alii, and others |
year of [our] Lord) | etc. | et cetera, and the rest |
BC | before Christ | i.e. | id est, that is |
ca. | circa, about, | How to 1 | How to Read the Bible |
approximately | for All Its Worth |
cf. | confer, compare | How to 2 | How to Read the Bible |
ch(s). | chapter(s) | Book by Book |
ed. | edited by | NT | New Testament |
p(p). | page(s) | OT | Old Testament |
e.g. | exempli gratia, for | vol(s). | volume(s) |
example | v(v). | verse(s) |
ESV | The English Standard Version, 2001 |
GNB | The Good News Bible, 1992 |
HCSB | The Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2003 |
JB | The Jerusalem Bible, 1966 |
KJV | The King James Version (also known as the Authorized Version), 1611 |
LB | The Living Bible, 1971 |
NAB | The New American Bible, 1970 |
NASB | The New American Standard Bible, 1995 |
NEB | The New English Bible, 1961 |
NIV | The New International Version, 2011 |
NJB | The New Jerusalem Bible, 1985 |
NKJV | The New King James Version, 1982 |
NLT | The New Living Translation, 1997 |
NRSV | The New Revised Standard Version, 1991 |
REB |
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