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Leigh, Ronald W.

Direct Bible discovery / Ronald W. Leigh. - Nashville, Tenn. : Broadman Press, c1982. - 256 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 247-249.

1. Introduction --
2. How the Holy Spirit helps --
3. The importance of procedure --
4. The direct procedure --
5. The discovery procedure --
6. The order of the elements --
7. Observation --
8. Sample observations --
9. Pitfalls and perseverance in observation --
10. Interpretation --
11. Literary interpretation --
12. Contextual interpretation --
13. Proper reasoning --
14. Application --
15. Where to start --
16. Other practical matters --
17. The procedure for studying books --
Procedures versus meaning --
The procedure --
Step 1: pray --
Step 2: survey --
Step 3: divide --
Step 4: scrutinize --
Step 5: Examine topics --
Step 6: synthesize --
Step 7: compare --
Step 8: apply --
18. The procedure for studying topics --
Step 1: pray --
Step 2: delimit --
Step 3: Recall --
Step 4: find and sort --
Step 5: scrutinize --
Step 6: synthesize --
Step 7: compare --
Step 8: apply --
19. Summary: thirty key principles of Bible study --
Appendix A: Sample results from a book study --
Appendix B: Sample results from a topic study --
Appendix C: Sample respaced texts --
Appendix D: Diagrams and examples of types of relationships --
Appendix E: A note to pastors and teachers.

ISBN: 0805411399 (pbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: 81067203

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bible--Study and teaching.

LC Class. No.: BS600.2 / .L435 1982