- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press (15 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844741036
- ISBN-13: 978-1844741038
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 250,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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David Jackman, President, The Proclamation Trust
‘excellent user-friendly set of principles to help the Bible reader understand its message with increasing confidence and relevance.’
Book Description
A practical tool kit to help you understand God’s Word.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dig Deeper! Or that's what the title to Nigel Beynon and Andrew Sach's book encouraged me to do as I read the Bible. Dig Deeper! Tools to unearth the Bible's treasure is a short 160 page book published by IVP UK, aiming to equip believers with the methods they need to improve their reading and understanding of the Bible.
The book contains 17 different `tools' for getting the most from the Bible including, the structure tool, the translations tool and the copycat tool, among others. Each `tool' is given a few pages of explanation, with a useful "worked example" and then followed up with exercises to do yourself. This makes the book easy to study and absorb, as the repetition of the concepts through the examples and exercises works it into your memory.
A word of warning however, this is not a scholarly book and nor is it in depth but neither does it claim to be this. In the bibliography at the back of the book other more advanced books are suggested for the reader, if they feel they would like to go further. This is a book that I cannot fail to recommend highly enough to the average non-scholarly Christian, providing an excellent entry level guide to getting the most out of the Bible.
The book contains 17 different `tools' for getting the most from the Bible including, the structure tool, the translations tool and the copycat tool, among others. Each `tool' is given a few pages of explanation, with a useful "worked example" and then followed up with exercises to do yourself. This makes the book easy to study and absorb, as the repetition of the concepts through the examples and exercises works it into your memory.
A word of warning however, this is not a scholarly book and nor is it in depth but neither does it claim to be this. In the bibliography at the back of the book other more advanced books are suggested for the reader, if they feel they would like to go further. This is a book that I cannot fail to recommend highly enough to the average non-scholarly Christian, providing an excellent entry level guide to getting the most out of the Bible.
Format:Paperback
There are no fancy skills or language needed just a great introduction to the basic skills every person seeking to read the Bible well or to ' handle the word of truth correctly ' as Paul would put it. This book is great because it makes finding the treasures of the Bible possible for everyone.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think this book is very helpful. It is easy to read and gives good advice, which would be applicable to reading all sorts of books, not just the bible, though it focusses particularly on understanding the bible.
But there is one thing missing, and it is a huge oversight, I think. The bible is about Christ. You could conceivably miss this in reading the Old Testament, but it is, I hope, glaringly obvious in the New Testament.
The book gives many sensible tools for unearthing the riches in the bible, but never mentions the fact that you will fail to understand the bible and miss its message if you don't ask yourself, how does this part of the bible relate to Jesus Christ and God's plan to reveal himself to the world through him?
I think this should be tool number one in the next edition of the book.
But there is one thing missing, and it is a huge oversight, I think. The bible is about Christ. You could conceivably miss this in reading the Old Testament, but it is, I hope, glaringly obvious in the New Testament.
The book gives many sensible tools for unearthing the riches in the bible, but never mentions the fact that you will fail to understand the bible and miss its message if you don't ask yourself, how does this part of the bible relate to Jesus Christ and God's plan to reveal himself to the world through him?
I think this should be tool number one in the next edition of the book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awesome book, highly recommended
This book is fantastic. It is very easy to read and to understand and can greatly affect the way you view the bible, in a positive way. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Hmm
digging, deep,...... and dry?!
I have been a Christian fast approaching three decades and yet I cannot deny that the Bible remains a difficult book to understand. Read more
Published 23 months ago by J. DOUGLAS
Excellent tool for biblical understanding
Having not read a book before this for about 4 years I couldn't have chosen a better book than this. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Matthew Titcombe
Easy to read and great examples to work through
This book is clearly written and whilst it covers a lot of ground, it is not dense at all. It has lots of worked examples of useful tools to better understand the bible. Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by Ms. G. Rickson
Patchy
While not exactly terrible, Dig Deeper! is a very patchy book, and I must agree with the lady who said that it is of limited worth. There is simply no balance here. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2008 by Gary
A good book but perhaps of limit worth
This slim book is an ideal introduction to fresh ways in which to read and understand the Bible. It's written in a light, engaging style and is full of examples from the Bible and... Read more
Published on 12 April 2006 by Helen Hancox
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