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."
"A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure Leland Ryken. 88 Lessons from
History Medieval Asceticism The Middle Ages produced little theorizing about
leisure, but one development is important to my attempt later to integrate leisure
with Christianity. I noted in an earlier chapter that leisure presupposes the
legitimacy of pleasure. Aristotle, in fact, discussed leisure as part of the human
quest for happiness, which he regarded as t ..."
Redeeming the Time A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure by LelandRyken 304 Pages, Published 1995 by Baker Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4412-0610-7, ISBN: 1-4412-0610-8
"McCurley and Reumann rightly call attention to the order of events in Genesis 2: “
Note the order of the created things: the man, then the garden. ... of Heaven on all
his ways.11 Here, in kernel form, is the original Puritan ethic: work is appointed
by God, is the arena within which people live as stewards under Work and Play in
the Created Order 177 God's oversight,. 7. Lee Braude, Work and Workers: A
Sociological Analysis (New Yo ..."
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 Discerning Reader(1st Edition) Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory by David Barratt, Roger Pooley, Etc. Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1995 by Apollos ISBN-13: 978-0-85111-445-3, ISBN: 0-85111-445-8