Knowing the Scriptures: Rules and Methods of Bible Study (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arthur T. Pierson

9780266933601: Knowing the Scriptures: Rules and Methods of Bible Study (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0266933602 ISBN 13: 9780266933601

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Master the art of Bible study with clear, practical methods that deepen understanding.

This edition reveals how to approach Scripture with a constructive mindset, using analysis and synthesis to uncover unity and meaning across books, themes, and passages. It shows how to identify practical truths, trace connections, and apply insights to everyday faith and study habits. Readers will explore how to read with a center-point—God as the source and anchor—while recognizing how different literary forms contribute to a fuller picture of salvation, worship, and living well before God.

Grounded in concise explanations and concrete examples, the book guides you through topics like wisdom literature, the dangers of misdirected worship, the growth of self-knowledge, and the role of suffering in the believer’s life. It teaches that genuine understanding comes from disciplined, thoughtful comparison and synthesis of Scripture, not from isolated verses or surface readings.

Learn a practical, step-by-step method to analyze and assemble biblical material.
Discover how to see the big picture by linking related passages across books.
Explore how to identify core themes like wisdom, worship, self-life, and salvation.
Gain fresh tools to apply biblical insights with clarity and confidence in study and teaching.

Ideal for readers who want a disciplined, hopeful approach to Scripture that bridges study and living faith.

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About the Author

Arthur Tappan Pierson (18371911), was an American Presbyterian pastor with a wide and varied transatlantic ministry that made him famous in Scotland and England. This pioneer of fundamentalism preached over 13,000 sermons in his lifetime, delivered Bible lectures in venues like Moody Bible Institute, and penned over fifty books. He served as a consulting editor for the original Scofield Reference Bible (1909) for his friend, C. I. Scofield and counted as friends such men as D. L. Moody, George Mller, Adoniram Judson Gordon, and C. H. Spurgeon (whom he succeeded in the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London).

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