Opening the Scriptures
Subtitle: Bible lessons from the 2005 annual gathering of Friends
By: by Tom Gates.
Contributors: Friends General Conference (U.S.)
Publisher: Quaker Press of Friends General Conference; Quaker Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781888305395
Subjects: Friends General Conference (U.S.) -- Doctrines -- Congresses.; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses.; Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: These essays were originally given at a gathering in Blacksburg, Va., July 4-8, 2005.
Table of contents: title: "Opening the scriptures :" George Fox and the Bible; title: Session 1, July 4, 2005; title: "Beyond what words can utter :" thoughts on religious language; title: Session 2, July 5, 2005; title: The light : a case study in the power of religious language; title: Session 3: July 6, 2005; title: Metaphors of transformation : the seed; title: Session 4, July 7, 2005; title: The yoke of our tradition; title: Session 5, July 8, 2005.