Recommended Book for Studying Genres

How to Read the Bible for all its Worth, by Gordon Fee & Douglas Stewart, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982)

1. Introduction: The Need to Interpret
2. The Basic Tool: A Good Translation
3. The Epistles: Learning to Think Contextually
4. The Epistles: The Hermeneutical Questions
5. The Old Testament Narratives: Their Proper Use
6. Acts: The Question of Historical Precedent
7. The Gospels: One Story, Many Dimensions
8. The Parables: Do You Get the Point?
9. The Law(s): Covenant Stipulations for Israel
10. The Prophets: Enforcing the Covenant in Israel
11. The Psalms: Israel’s Prayers and Ours
12. Wisdom: Then and Now
13. The Revelation: Images of Judgment and Hope

• Appendix: The Evaluation and Use of Commentaries

An excerpt from the book can be read at this link to diesel ebooks