Context

How do we understand a book as complex as the Bible? History, laws, poetry, prophecy, apocalypse, letters... and all of it written thousands of years ago! The answer is context . In this uncomplicated, clarifying book, Pastor Jim Nicodem explains how to accurately interpret a Bible passage by unpacking its various contexts. Start with its historical setting: author, recipient, date, and purposeThen determine its literary genre: law, narrative, prophecy, poetry, gospel, or epistle. Finally, ident