Discovering the Meaning of Scripture: How to Read, Understand, and Apply Your Bible

Description

'Discovering the Meaning of Scripture' is an accessible guide for all Bible students. It provides the reader with a logical and motivational presentation of biblical interpretation- or hermeneutics. R.W. Hamilton sets each passage in its historical setting to teach the practical uses and applications of our Bible. This book contains five major sections, progressing from the "need" to the "rules" of hermeneutics. It surveys the multiple areas of life, individually and corporately, in which we are called upon to apply the Bible appropriately.

R.W. Hamilton (Bth., Andersonville Theological Seminary) lives in Crowley, Texas with his wife of twenty plus years and their wonderful, energetic son, Elan. R.W. Hamilton has enjoyed studying, teaching, and writing about various topics from the Bible for over twenty years.Robert Lee Williams, Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christian Literature (University of Chicago, 1983). Dr. Williams has taught Bible and theology for the past forty years at a variety of post-secondary school levels, community college, Bible college, Christian liberal arts college, theological seminary, and graduate theological institute. He has written numerous articles and book reviews and served as editor of the book Peter and Paul in the Church of Rome. Furthermore, he has served as pastor and inner-city minister in multicultural communities. Now retired from academic teaching, he serves as a doctoral supervisor in New Testament and Historical Theology at B. H. Carroll Institute.