Pocket Guide to the Bible E-Book

Jason Boyett

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 238

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2009

Beschreibung

"Jason Boyett's Pocket Guides are smart and hilarious. And they're sneaky too: You don't realize how much you're learning because you're having so much fun." --AJ Jacobs, author, The Year of Living Biblically Americans consistently identify the Bible as the most influential book in history, but seriously: are you really reading it? Probably not. If all you know about the Bible are a few Psalms and the Christmas story, then you're missing out on a book that's wilder, weirder, and more entertaining than you ever imagined. With a stealthy combo of entertainment and insight, Jason Boyett's Pocket Guide to the Bible fills the gaps in your religious education. It introduces you to the characters you must know, reveals the thrilling development of the biblical canon, and details the less-churchy parts of Scripture (hello, sex and violence!). Don't miss out on discovering * How God employs talking donkeys, mentally unstable prophets, and helpful prostitutes in his master plan * Which moral failures may result in an old-fashioned smiting * Why Catholic Bibles include books some Protestants refuse to recognize * Whether your New International Version of the Bible may in fact be demonic With Pocket Guide to the Bible, you'll finally realize what's so good about the Good Book.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Praise

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

Chapter 01 - BIBLICABULARY (A GLOSSARY OF THE GOOD BOOK)

ALTAR

AMEN

ANGEL

APOSTLE

ARK OF THE COVENANT

ATONEMENT

BLOOD

BRIDE/BRIDEGROOM

CANAAN

CHRIST

CIRCUMCISION

COVENANT

CROSS, THE

DEMON

DEVIL

DISCIPLE

EPISTLE

ETERNAL LIFE

EXILE

EXODUS

FAITH

FLESH

FORNICATION

GOSPEL

GRACE

HIGH PRIEST

HOLY SPIRIT

ISRAEL

JEWS

LAW, THE

LORD’S PRAYER, THE

MEDIATOR

MESSIAH

NEW TESTAMENT

OFFERING

OLD TESTAMENT

PARABLE

PENTATEUCH

PHARISEES

PROMISED LAND

PROPHET

RABBI

SABBATH

SACRIFICE

SALVATION

SIN

TABERNACLE/TEMPLE

TRINITY

Chapter 02 - CAST OF CHARACTERS (A TO J)

AARON

ABEDNEGO

ABEL

ABIMELECH

ABISHAG

ABRAHAM

ADAM

AHAB

ANDREW

BALAAM

BAPTIST, JOHN THE

BARABBAS

BATHSHEBA

CAIN

CALEB

DANIEL

DAVID

DEBORAH

DORCAS

EHUD

ELIJAH

ELISHA

ESAU

ESTHER

EVE

EZEKIEL

FORTUNATUS

GABRIEL

GIDEON

GOD

GOLIATH

HAM

HEROD THE GREAT

HOSEA

ISAAC

ISAIAH

ISHMAEL

ISRAEL

JABEZ

JACOB

JEHOVAH

JEREMIAH

JESUS

JEZEBEL

JOB

JOHN

JONAH

JOSEPH (OF THE OLD TESTAMENT)

JOSEPH (OF NAZARETH)

JOSHUA

JUDAS ISCARIOT

Chapter 03 - CAST OF CHARACTERS (K TO Z)

KORAH

LAZARUS

LOT

MARY MAGDALENE

MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS

MESHACH

METHUSELAH

MIRIAM

MOSES

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

NEPHILIM

NOAH

OG

ONESIMUS

PAUL

PETER

PONTIUS PILATE

POTIPHAR’S WIFE

RAHAB

REBEKAH

SAMSON

SAMUEL

SATAN

SAUL

SHADRACH

SIMON THE MAGICIAN

SOLOMON

TIMOTHY

URIAH

UZZAH

WISE MEN, THE

YAHWEH

ZACCHAEUS

Chapter 04 - WHAT HAPPENS, PART I (THE OLD TESTAMENT AT BREAKNECK SPEED)

GENESIS

EXODUS

LEVITICUS

NUMBERS

DEUTERONOMY

JOSHUA

JUDGES

RUTH

1 & 2 SAMUEL

1 & 2 KINGS

1 & 2 CHRONICLES

EZRA

NEHEMIAH

ESTHER

JOB

PSALMS

PROVERBS

ECCLESIASTES

SONG OF SOLOMON

ISAIAH

JEREMIAH

LAMENTATIONS

EZEKIEL

DANIEL

HOSEA

JOEL

AMOS

OBADIAH

JONAH

MICAH

NAHUM

HABAKKUK

ZEPHANIAH

HAGGAI

ZECHARIAH

MALACHI

Chapter 05 - WHAT HAPPENS, PART 2 (THE NEW TESTAMENT AT BREAKNECK SPEED)

MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN

ACTS

ROMANS

1 & 2 CORINTHIANS

GALATIANS

EPHESIANS

PHILIPPIANS

COLOSSIANS

1 & 2 THESSALONIANS

1 & 2 TIMOTHY

TITUS

PHILEMON

HEBREWS

JAMES

1 & 2 PETER

1, 2, & 3 JOHN

JUDE

REVELATION

Chapter 06 - THE BRIEF HISTORY OF HOLY WRIT (A TIMELINE)

900-ISH BC

400 BC

300-200 BC

AD 90

AD 100-ISH

AD 150

AD 367

AD 382

AD 397

AD 600

AD 800

1205

1380

1411

1456

1516

1525-1526

1534

1535

1536

1539

1546

1560

1568

1524-1590

1582

1605

1611

Chapter 07 - VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS (A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF TRANSLATIONS)

THREE TRANSLATING PHILOSOPHIES YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRST

THE KING JAMES VERSION/AUTHORIZED VERSION (KJV/AV1611)

THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV)

THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (JB)

THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE (NAB)

THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE (NASB)

THE LIVING BIBLE (TLB)

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)

THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV)

THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE (NJB)

THE NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION (NRSV)

THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION

THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV)

THE MESSAGE (MSG)

TODAY’S NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (TNIV)

A FEW OTHER, LESS-POPULAR VERSIONS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER

Chapter 08 - LIST YE BE SMITTEN (BIBLICAL FLOTSAM AND JETSAM)

FIVE HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT SOUND ABSOLUTELY AWFUL, AS DESCRIBED IN THE KING JAMES

THE FOUR BEST MOMENTS FOR DONKEYS

NINE MISCELLANEOUS THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO, ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES

ONE STATEMENT BY PAUL THAT, WHEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, MAKES HIM SOUND ...

TWO MIGHTY MEN THAT SPELLCHECK LIKES

THREE BIBLICAL EXCUSES ONE MIGHT STILL APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS

SEVEN NON-CANONICAL BOOKS MENTIONED BY NAME IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

SIX BIBLICAL MAGICIANS, WITCHES, SORCERORS, AND/OR FORTUNETELLERS

TWELVE BIBLICAL NAMES THAT ARE STILL POPULAR TODAY

FOUR ACTIVITIES OF MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

ONE PHRASE FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION, USED GENERICALLY TO DESCRIBE MALES, ...

NINE BOOKS THAT CATHOLICS ACCEPT AS BIBLICAL, BUT PROTESTANTS DON’T

TEN COMMON ENGLISH PHRASES WITH BIBLICAL ORIGINS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE AUTHOR

“Informative, thoughtful, humorous in all the right places; and best of all, it’s smartly written!”

—CHRIS YAMBAR, Bart Simpson Comics, Mr. Beat creator

“I usually don’t laugh out loud when I read the Bible—or even stuff about the Bible—but Jason Boyett had me laughing all the way through this book. Laughs aside, the Pocket Guide is well researched and documented, instructive and insightful.”

—DEAN NELSON, co-author of The Power of Serving Others and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego

“Jason Boyett dips the King James into a cultural vat of theological salsa. One bite and you know this ain’t your grandpa’s Bible.”

—TERRY ESAU, author of Surprise Me

“Most books don’t move me to read Leviticus. Weirdly, this one does.”

—MATTHEW PAUL TURNER, speaker and author of The Christian Culture Survival Guide and Mind Games: Advice, Stories, and Truth for Thinking Free

“Jason’s first Pocket Guide left me shaking my head with a grin and a healthy appetite for more.This new book exceeded my expectations. Reading it is like staying up late with that old friend from seminary. He just won’t shut up, and you’re not about to ask him to, ’cause you’re loving every second of it.”

—ANDREW OSENGA, singer/songwriter with Caedmon’s Call

“A true sign of brilliance is the ability to explain the complex and convoluted simply. Jason Boyett has done that in Pocket Guide to the Bible. His clever and conversational style makes it an enjoyable as well as intruging read.”

—RUSSELL RATHBUN, author of Post-Rapture Radio