A deep understanding of the Bible is not at all the preserve of a select few - biblical scholars or especially gifted people. The Bible is available to everyone. This means that anyone can read and understand it, from a housewife to a seminary teacher. We invite you to delve into biblical texts under the guidance of authoritative theologians to discover the beauty and value of Scripture and see how it relates to your life in the 21st century. This book offered to your attention is essentially a textbook designed to help everyone who wants to learn read and interpret the Bible correctly. Its authors provide valuable guidance that will help Christians not only understand what the biblical text meant to its original readers, but also what it means to us living in the 21st century. More than half a million readers have already appreciated the merits of the book by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stewart . This third edition of this manual has been significantly revised to better suit the modern edition and modern culture. Changes include:• modernized language;• new introduction by the authors;• new, easier-to-read edition of several chapters;• updated list of recommended commentaries and other sources. Major revisions of the text of the first edition of this book were made for a number of reasons - Bible translations, quotations from which are given in the book have undergone changes and amendments. Therefore, the book should also correct the references and quotations used, the Appendix was supplemented with a list of recommended Bible commentaries, chapter 2 was revised, as well as other chapters of the book, in many chapters of the book the emphasis was shifted to how to read the Bible properly, emphasizing less how it was distorted the meaning of her lyrics is in the past.