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Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God: A Handbook for Biblical Interpretation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Every time we read the Bible, we’re reading in the presence of God. This incredible truth should shape how we read in specific ways. Moving quickly from principle to practice, Vern Poythress helps us rethink how we interpret the Bible by showing us the implications of entering into God’s presence as we study. This handbook outlines distinct steps for practicing faithful biblical interpretation...

Third, a text can focus on a particular historical event or episode. First Samuel 22:1–2 and other historical texts use this manner of presentation. Each event in history is unique, but, as we have said, it also belongs to an overarching plan for history, and that history finds its climax in Christ. So these texts point to Christ. But they do so in a different manner than prophecy and wisdom books and Psalms. Altogether, we have three main ways in which an Old Testament text can speak about time:
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