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Unlocking the Bible [Paperback]

David Pawson
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  • Paperback: 1376 pages
  • Publisher: Collins; (Reissue) edition (2 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007166664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007166664
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 6.2 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘If you want a highly rated commentary on the whole Bible – all for under £10 – we recommend Unlocking the Bible’
Holy Trinity Brompton (home of the Alpha Course)

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A unique overview of both the Old and New Testaments, from a widely respected evangelical speaker and writer.

Unlocking the Bible opens up the word of God in a fresh and powerful way. Avoiding the small detail of verse by verse studies, it sets out the epic story of God and his people in Israel. The culture, historical background and people are introduced and the teaching applied to the modern world.

Eight volumes have been brought into one compact and easy to use guide to cover both the Old and the New testaments in one massive omnibus edition.

Old Testament:
• The Maker’s Instructions – The five books of law
• A Land and A Kingdom – Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings
• Poems of Worship and Wisdom – Psalms, Song of Solomon, proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job
• Decline and Fall of an Empire – Isaiah, Jeremiah and other prophets
• The Struggle to Survive – Chronicles and prophets of exile

New Testament:
• The Hinge of History – Mathew, Mark, Luke, John and acts
• The Thirteenth Apostle – Paul and his letters
• Through Suffering to Glory – Revelation, Hebrews, and the letters of James, Peter and Jude


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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Opens up the bible 9 Sep 2008
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For anyone who's ever scratched their heads trying to make sense of the bible, this is the book for you.

David Pawson's clear, easy to follow, erudite prose opens up the bible. He doesn't pretend the bible is a simple document, but does shine a light on the text to make it easier to get to grips with.

The book is filled with examples and stories, and it also tracks Pawson's own journey in trying to understand scripture.

There's a great explanation of "Song of Songs", which Pawson says he avoided for years because it just seemed to be too carnal: about the sexual relationship between a man and a woman. To find out his refreshing conclusion about the Song of Solomon, buy this book!

It's rare to find a commentary with so much humour in it. I haven't read it in order, but in random chapters as I've read the bible. This may not be the best way to read the book, but it's worked for me.

This is one of those books that has helped me understand God's word better, and also (by extension) His character. I can't offer a better accolade than that.
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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This is really a very good book for the believer who hasn't done too much Bible studying and would give a good overview of intention and meaning of a whole book. The author points out and rightly so, that we tend to just focus on a short passage, rather than reading several chapters in order to get the context. The whole Bible was written for our instruction. I really enjoyed the section on Jonah and Job (although I think behemoth and leviathan are dinosaurs instead of hippopotamus and crocodile). He quotes a section, which really spoke to me: "You who treat this crown of writings as you treat no other book. Just a paragraph disjointed, just a crude impatient look. Try a worthier procedure, try a broad and steady view; you will kneel in awesome wonder, when you read the Bible through" This book will help you to do just that!
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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful
A great book 4 Feb 2004
Format:Paperback
I've nearly finished reading it - just 1.5 chapters to go. This is an excellent book. I was going to get some of the individual volumes, but I thought I'd wait for this instead, I'm glad I did! I think it's more aimed at being a reference in this Omnibus form, but I decided to just read it through from start to finish.

A great aid in trying to understand just what is going on in the Bible! Pawson puts each book in its Biblical context and draws out the crontribution of that to the overall picture. Very readable. It isn't a dry read at all (otherwise I never would have got to page 20 let alone page 1300!). The books are dealth with in roughly chronological order too, which makes it easier to understand for our greek-based thinking...

And at nearly 200 pages per £1 (with Amazon's current offer) you can't complain at value for money!

Great book.

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Worths the money.I will recommend this book for all Christians who wish to grow up in the spirit. What a nice book
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As always the book is clear and well thought through teaching in David Pawson's unmistakable style.
The way David teaches spoils you for other bible teachers.
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I love this book. It is brilliant giving the bible in its correct context, I just need to allow the knowledge of this book to be imparted to me through continually using it.
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I got this book for a course that I am doing. I found it easy to understand and very helpful, Not only for the course but for general use.
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Well, it's a good start. I found the book a really helpful shove in the right direction i.e. read more of my bible. Read more
Published 8 months ago by GoldfishGirl
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Bought this for my son who has many church and youth activities as well as studying theology at uni. He loves it. Great book and I can't wait to have a read of it in the hols
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