Eat This Book | Eugene Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading. Eerdmans, 2006. 186 pp.

Eugene Peterson is convinced that the way we read the Bible is as important as that we read it. Do we read the Bible for information about God and salvation, for principles and “truths” that we can use to live better? Or do we read it in order to listen to God and respond in prayer and obedience?

The second part of Peterson’s momentous five-volume work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God’s revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading.

In these pages he draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the nature of language, the ancient practice of lectio divina, and the role of Scripture translations; included here is the “inside story” behind Peterson’s own popular Bible translation, The Message.

Countering the widespread practice of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here serves readers with a nourishing entrée into the formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading.

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Professors

• Scot McKnight at JesusCreed (07/07) Review

Pastors/Church Leaders

• John Frye at Jesus the Radical Pastor (06/07) Review
• Mike Ruffin at On the Jericho Road (05/07) Review
• Richard Kew at The Kew Continuum (06/06) Review
• Kenneth Carter at Circuit Rider Reviews (ND) Review

Laymen/Unknown

• Rachel Vendsel at VoxVendsel (07/07) Review
• Josh Kerkhoff at TheoMuse (05/07) Review
• Tim Challies at Challies.com (04/06) Review
• Pedro Govantes at The Jonathan Edwards Institute (ND) Review
• Randy Newman at CLM’s Academic Initiative (ND) Review

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