Bible Interpretation, Student Workbook, SW05

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B I B L E I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

b. Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

c. Holman Topical Concordance

d. The New Torrey’s Topical Textbook

3. Benefits: help us associate texts together on a given subject, theme, or issue

4. Cautions

a. Can encourage a tendency to gloss over the text under discussion for the sake of finding new associations

b. The editors may organize the associations in ways that are not entirely legitimate or defensible.

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B. Topical Bibles

1. Definition: a topical Bible lists a topic and then shows Scripture verses related to those topics underneath .

2. Recommended topical Bibles and topical concordances

a. Baker Topical Guide to the Bible , Walter A. Elwell, Gen. ed. (Baker, 2000).

b. Nave’s Topical Bible , Orville J. Nave. (Zondervan, 1999).