Overview
Eugene Peterson is convinced that the way we read the Bible is as important as that we read it. Do we read the Bible for information about God and salvation, for principles and ""truths"" that we can use to live better? Or do we read it in order to listen to God and respond in prayer and obedience? // The second part of Peterson's momentous five-volume work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. In these pages he draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the nature of language, the ancient practice of lectio divina, and the role of Scripture translations; included here is the ""inside story"" behind Peterson's own popular Bible translation, The Message. // Countering the widespread practice of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here serves readers with a nourishing entrée into the formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading.
Full Product Details
Author: Eugene H Peterson ,
Eugene Peterson ,
Grover Gardner
Publisher: Christianaudio
Imprint: Christianaudio
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9798200501489
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Deep, stirring, luminous, even profound--if you are going to read one book about reading scripture, it should be this one."" -- ""Lauren F. Winner, author of God Meets Girl and Real Sex"" ""Gardner's gentle vocal personality lends itself well to persuasion as he gives full value to the details of spiritual reading and encourages listeners to regain the lost art of biblical meditation."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Peterson encourages us to read the Bible as if were dogs gnawing on a bone. Eat This Book made me lick my chops."" -- ""Gerald Sittser, author of A Grace Disguised"" ""Peterson's exposition of lectio divina is one of the fullest to appear in recent years...A worthy sequel to Peterson's 2004 hit Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""
Author Information
Eugene H. Peterson is the author of numerous books, including A Year with Jesus, Reversed Thunder, Leap Over a Wall, and Answering God. He is also the translator of the bestselling Bible translation The Message. He is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the ""Best Voices of the Century"" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.
