Summary Of Interpreting The Bible By Nickelson

In A.Berkeley Mickelson and Alvera M. Mickelson’s textbook: “Interpreting the bible”, the couple had the purpose and goal to equip” prospective pastors, as well as other Christian leaders in developing sound principals of interpretation that would help them to understand the truths of the bible and to evaluate the religious ideas that are brought and carried out in our daily lives” After many years of having their textbook in seminaries, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the couple decided that they needed to reach out to a different audience. The two of them came to the realization that others needed more information on how to understand and interpret the bible, and that is what led them to write the revised addition of the textbook entitled: “Understanding Scripture, How to Read and Study the bible”. Alvera Mickelson describes the new audience that they were trying to reach out to as lay people, Sunday school teachers, and anyone else interested in developing sound principles of interpretation. This book also includes revisions that A. Berkeley wanted to make from the text …show more content…
This is probably the main and most important point carried out throughout the book, and there is evidence of this carried out throughout the entire book. The author gives a nice application for readers to use in each chapter. She did this by asking rhetorical questions like: “How can we know what the bible means”, “What can we expect from studying the bible?”, and “What is this passage talking about?” One of the strongest thing the author did in doing this is by answering the questions through the use of the points as mentioned earlier. The author gives steps, when reading the bible in most of the chapters. For example in chapter 1 what can we expect from studying the bible the author gives four main points to explain answer that