Product Description

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14343 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1738 pages

Review
'If you want a highly rated commentary on the whole Bible -- all for under GBP10 -- we recommend Unlocking the Bible' Holy Trinity Brompton (home of the Alpha Course)

About the Author
David Pawson is a widely respected international writer and speaker. Formerly a local church pastor, this series is the fruit of a lifetime of preaching on the Bible.

Customer Reviews

A great book
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.

Good overview recommended for new believers
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!

Excellent overview of the Bible!
If you are looking for a good overview of the Bible and wondering whichone to purchase - get this one! David Pawson provides you with those keyinsights into the Bible as a whole, without dropping the key ... unlock,unlock ... letting you through those seemingly locked-up doors of Biblicalhistory. On the whole this book is not short of providing one with thoseinvaluable insights into the Bible. This book has a good grasp on theimportant issues for us.
A helpful recommendation would be to purchasethis book and then to get: "What the Bible is all about", by Dr HenriettaMears, ISBN: 0830704736 (a classic).