Introducing the Bible An Active Learning Approach

Adam L. Porter provides a unique and valuable resource for students who are reading and studying the Bible. Using a series of questions in a workbook format, Porter directs students in a careful reading of biblical texts, helping students understand and see how scholars debate important issues in biblical interpretation. As Porter writes: The genesis of this book was when students asked me to give them a family tree for Abraham's family. I did so and then realized they would have learned more if I pointed them to the biblical verses and asked them to draw the genealogy themselves. I decided to write a whole book that does just this: points the students to verses and chapters and asks them to think creatively. Important features of Introducing the Bible. Valuable text for all introductory Bible, Hebrew Bible, or New Testament courses Students taught scholarly techniques for analyzing biblical materials (including source criticism, redaction criticism, form criticism, and literary methods of analysis) Questions-based organization, with simple questions leading up to more complex questions for analysis Suggestions for further reading for each chapterPorter, Adam L. is the author of 'Introducing the Bible An Active Learning Approach', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131777774 and ISBN 0131777777.