Words of Delight(2nd Edition) A Literary Introduction to the Bible by LelandRyken, Leland Wilhoit Paperback, 538 Pages, Published 1993 by Baker Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-7769-2, ISBN: 0-8010-7769-9
"In this introduction to Scripture, Leland Ryken organizes biblical passages into literary genres including narratives, poetry, proverbs, and drama, demonstrating that knowledge of a genre's characteristics enriches one's understanding of individual passages. Ryken offers a volume brimming over with wonderful insights into Old and New Testament books and passages--insights that have escaped most traditional commentators."
Worldly Saints The Puritans As They Really Were by Dr. LelandRyken, J. I. Packer Paperback, 281 Pages, Published 1990 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-32501-7, ISBN: 0-310-32501-3
"'Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source of information and inspiration to those who seek a clearer understanding of the Puritan roots of American Christianity.' -Harry Stout, Yale Univ ..."
Windows to the World(2nd Edition) Literature in Christian Perspective by LelandRyken Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1990 by W Pub Group ISBN-13: 978-0-945241-08-9, ISBN: 0-945241-08-9
Words of Delight A Literary Introduction to the Bible by LelandRyken 538 Pages, Published 1993 by Baker Books ISBN-13: 978-1-58558-063-7, ISBN: 1-58558-063-5
"A Literary Introduction to the Bible Leland Ryken. [2]. ... The best literary
commentary I have encountered on the Book of Jonah is Edwin M. Good's
discussion in Irony in the Old Testament ... A good source on the irony of the
Book of Job is Edwin M. Good, Irony in the Old Testament (Philadelphia:
Westminster, 1965), pp."
"This collection of essays has various authors, both biblical and literary scholars, addressing either a general topic dealing with the Bible as literature or a specific book or genre of the Bible."
The Liberated Imagination Thinking Christianly About the Arts (Wheaton Literary Series) by Dr LelandRyken Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Shaw Books ISBN-13: 978-0-87788-495-8, ISBN: 0-87788-495-1