How to Interpret the Bible is a practical handbook for analyzing the Scriptures and explaining the context of a specific passage, uncovering its meaning and sharing its teaching with others. Logical rules of interpretation such as interpreting the passage according to its context, in the light of all that the Bible teaches, understanding the meaning of the words in the passage, interpreting the passage according to its grammatical construction, interpreting the pass- age in the light of its background, recognizing, identifying, and interpreting any figurative expression in the passage and others are offered by Barackman to help ease the task of understanding difficult Bible passages.

The book concludes with helpful chapters on "Interpretation and Organization," "The Personal Application of the Scriptures" and "A Summary of the Interpretative Method." The author, a professor of biblical hermeneutics (interpretation) for many years, has written How to Interpret the Bible to help both students and laymen leam to interpret the Scriptures for themselves and discover the riches it contains.