The Reader's Bible, A Narrative: Selections from the King James VersionUnderstanding the Bible as an account of the unfolding revelation of God to humankind through history, Roland Mushat Frye suggests that the many sub-plots, monologues, and reflections of the Bible compose a coherent story that continues through both the Old and New Testaments. "The convictions of the Bible, to be sure, are the convictions of religion and ethics," he writes, "but the methods are the methods of literature." Carefully arranging a selection of excerpts that comprise approximately one-fourth of the entire Bible, he enables the reader to follow chronologically the main narrative as well as the most significant asides. With introductory and explanatory material providing transition and background information, the reader progresses from book to book as from chapter to chapter in a novel. Thus, this is called The Reader's Bible because it may be read as a narrative, as a story that unifies consecutive events through which the character of God gradually unfolds. |
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... thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called ...
... unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt ...
... thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the ...
... unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of ... thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and ... unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it ...
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Contents
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Exodus Leviticus Numbers | 63 |
Joshua Judges Ruth | 120 |
Judges 131 Ruth | 148 |
First Samuel 154 Second Samuel 198 First Kings | 234 |
First Kings 238 Second Kings | 264 |
The Prophets and Nehemiah | 331 |
Various Writings | 369 |
Isaiah 4055 | 440 |
Luke John Acts | 455 |
John 504Acts | 537 |
Romans First Corinthians Philippians Galatians | 578 |
Revelation | 588 |