Sweeter Than Honey Richer Than Gold: A Guided Study of Biblical Poetry

Take a guided tour on how to interpret biblical poetry. Leland Ryken shows pastors and students and teachers of the Bible how to appreciate the artistic beauty of poetic literature. In Sweeter Than Honey, Richer Than Gold, he explores the intersection of the Bible and poetry. And he goes one step further than merely explaining the genre of poetry—he includes exercises to help students of the Bible master it.

Publisher: Lexham Press
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781941337370

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Leland Ryken (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Professor of English Emeritus at Wheaton College, where he has taught since 1968. He is the author of more than 50 books, including How to Read the Bible as Literature, Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible, Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective, and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible.

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Leland Ryken has been a pacesetter in the literary study of the Bible, especially within the evangelical community. Those of us who find this approach to Scripture especially enriching are always ready to listen when Ryken speaks. Readers who master Ryken’s principles will find the Bible open up to them in new, exciting ways. Robert B. Chisholm Jr., Chair and Professor of Old Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary