For anyone interested in a book on how to study the Bible, I recommend:
Gugliotto, Lee. A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING, TEACHING, AND PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD: HANDBOOK FOR BIBLE STUDY.
Review & Helald Publishing, Hagerstown, MD, 1995 & 2000
464 pages Paper & hardback
You can purchase this book at your local ABC. Without a question, it is one of the best Bible study books in its field. It takes graduate school (seminary) facts and concepts and pute them into a form where the typical church-member Bible student can understand them.
Here are some of the ssubjects covered in the book:
* Bible versions
* The Gospels
* How to analyses of the text
* Literary types
* What the writer meant
* Types of sermons
* Sermon methods
* Reproducable work sheets for Bible study.
Some chapter titles:
* Jewish Institutions and the Spritual Condition of Israel in the Time of Jesus.
* Informed Sourses: [This chapter gives literary sources for badkground information.]
* A Grammer for English Bible Study
* Catagories of Verbs: [This helps the student to understand issues with Greek and Hebrew.]