Book Review: Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction

Abstract

This book sets out to make available a wide range of effective classroom strategies for teaching biblical studies. The volume is divided into three parts. Part one covers the topics of hermeneutics, methodologies, approaches and resources. Part two deals with what the editors call the Hebrew Bible and is treated under the headings of Torah, Prophets, Writings and varia, that is, anything that cannot be fitted under the three main headings. Part three deals with the New Testament under the headings of Gospels and Acts, Letters, Revelation and again varia. The students that this book has in mind are on the whole tertiary level undergraduates. Each entry assumes what is called in the introduction a critical, academic approach with