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Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did

Reading the Bible in a way that is as old as Scripture itself, award-winning author Mark P. Shea takes us on a "fly-over" of the biblical story from Genesis to Revelation. He shows you how to explore the literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogical sense of Scripture.

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Whether you have been studying Scripture for years, or are encountering it for the very first time,Making Senses Out of Scripture is an invaluable tool that it will help you see biblical revelation afresh, as Christians have done for 2000 years.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 262 pages

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