Eat this Book : a conversation in the art of spiritual reading /
Eugene H. Peterson.
- xii, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"The forbidding discipline of spiritual reading" -- Eat this book. The holy community at table with Holy Scripture ; Scripture as text : learning what God reveals ; Scripture as form : following the way of Jesus ; Scripture as script : playing our part in the Spirit -- Lectio divina. Caveat lector ; "Ears thou hast dug for me" -- The company of translators. God's secretaries ; The message.
Presents the second volume in Eugene Peterson's series on Spiritual Theology and is entitled "Eat This Book." Becomes a conversation about spiritual reading and the nature of language as well as the ancient practice of "lectio divina," and the place of Scripture translations.