How long does it take to read How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth?
Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart takes about 4 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 265 pages, about 72,875 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Understanding the Bible isn't for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It's meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your twenty-first-century life. Nearly a million people have turned to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth to inform their reading of the Bible. This fourth edition features revisions that keep pace with current scholarship, resources, and culture. Changes include: Updated language for better readability; Scripture references now appear only in brackets at the end of a sentence or paragraph, helping you read the Bible as you would any book -- without the numbers; A new author's preface; Redesigned and updated diagrams; Updated list of recommended commentaries and resources. Covering everything from translation concerns to different genres of biblical writing, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth is used all around the world. In clear, simple language, it helps you accurately understand the different parts of the Bible -- their meaning for ancient audiences and their implications for you today -- so you can uncover the inexhaustible worth that is in God's Word. - Back cover.
Subjects: Bible, Hermeneutics, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Study and teaching, Bible - Criticism, Interpretation
