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What Is the Bible?
- How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything
- Narrated by: Rob Bell
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
New York Times best-selling author Rob Bell, using his inspired and inquisitive approach, focuses on the most widely read book of all time. He provides surprising insights and answers about how the Bible actually works as a source of faith and guidance, showing a brand-new way of interpreting this sacred text.
Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined - and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.
In Love Wins, Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith. Using the same inspired, inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, the Bible. What Is the Bible? provides insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives.
Rob takes us deep into actual passages to reveal the humanity behind the Scriptures. You cannot get to the holy without going through the human, Rob tells us. When considering a passage, we shouldn't ask, 'Why did God say...?' To get to the heart of the Bible's meaning, we should be asking, 'What's the story that's unfolding here, and why did people find it important to tell it? What was it that moved them to record these words? What was happening in the world at that time? What does this passage/story/poem/verse/book tell us about how people understood who they were and who God was at that time?' In asking these questions, Rob goes beyond the one-dimensional question of 'is it true?' to reveal the Bible's authentic transformative power.
Rob addresses the concerns of all those who see the Bible as God's word but are troubled by the ethical dilemmas, errors, and inconsistencies in Scripture. With What Is the Bible?, he recaptures the good book's magic and reaffirms its power and inspiration to shape and inspire our lives today.
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Critic reviews
"Bell is at the forefront of a rethinking of Christianity." ( Time)
"One of the most influential evangelical pastors." ( The New York Times)
"Rob Bell is one of the hottest names." ( Boston Globe)
"Bell will be joined by the likes of Brian McLaren, James Martin, Diana Butler Bass and Carol Howard Merritt." ( Christianity Today)
"Forever grateful for the brilliant mind, boundless heart and fierce faith of Rob Bell. His work convinced me that it was possible - maybe necessary and thrilling - to be a person of both faith and intellect.... Please read everything Rob's ever written and then go see him live." (Glennon Doyle Melton, author of Carry On, Warrior)
"It isn't easy to develop a biblical imagination that takes in the comprehensive and eternal work of Christ.... Rob Bell goes a long way in helping us acquire just such an imagination - without a trace of soft sentimentality and without compromising an inch of evangelical conviction." (Eugene H. Peterson, professor emeritus of spiritual theology, Regent College, and author of The Message and The Pastor)
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- Betherina
- 10-09-17
Well done Rob Bell
You have simultaneously blown my mind and articulated everything I've felt for years! Great stuff!
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-01-21
fantastic ! eye opening !
New insight to reading the bible ! states the obvious in a very clever revolutionary new way
the bible was written by real people, at a real point in time a very long time ago. What points were the writers trying to highlight when chosing what words/stories/poems to include?
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- Lauren
- 24-07-20
Amazing book
Rob's narration was excellent as always, and this book is incredibly inspiring. I absolutely loved it.
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- tim royales
- 29-07-17
Enjoyable and informative book
Shakes up the way you see some of the stories you read a 100 times
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-23
Interesting
The audiobook was an easy listen and provided a number of insights Would have welcomed a more in depth approach. Rob Bell is an engaging narrator - although I did have to check if it was slightly faster than normal speed
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- Jader Feijo
- 16-08-17
Must read!
An absolute must read, not just for Christians but for everyone. This book presents a completely new dimension to the bible, one that will expand the horizons of the reader and completely reshape the way he sees scripture.
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- Sian
- 06-10-17
Every Bit As Good As I'd Hoped
First off, I am a Rob Bell fan. He has a gift of making difficult concepts more easily accessible and this down to earth explanation of what the Bible is, is clear and very helpful. Whatever you may or may not believe about God, the Bible is first and foremost a human resource compiled by human beings, and within its pages you see an unfolding of the story of humanity's attempt to understand itself and its relationship to the world and to God.
Thanks Rob!
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- joshua hodson
- 22-05-17
Rob bell does his thing.
If you have ever found the bible inexplicable, incomprehencable or just barbaric, this book will give you an insight into it's value and it will give you good tools in engaging with it.
There will be, no doubt, hundreds of individuals denouncing it as heresy, but Rob is not saying anything that is not well within the christian tradition, and uses methods that some of the great bible scholars used.
I fully endorse this book.
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- Carôle
- 04-12-21
I read the book whilst listening to the audio - Recommended!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I learned a lot and I learned to “read outside the box”. This is very modern, helpful, eye-opening look at how how to read and understand the Bible.
This is a great book for understanding the culture and background of the book that we all see (and understand) as a Western Christian book, when it is, in fact, a Jewish Library of books! I believe that it’s time that we learned that fact - this is a great place to start…
Rob is actually a fantastic narrator, the book flows really well, however I felt the need to slow it down, otherwise I wouldn’t have captured as many of his insights as I did. I will be listening to this again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-09-21
Loved it!
I just loved this book! So helpful to understand a lot of the issues I have previously struggled with.
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