The Sound of Scripture

They read from the book from the Law of God clearly and they gave the sense so that the people understood the reading. (Nehemiah 8:8) Just as it was in Nehemiah's time congregations today want to hear Biblical texts read clearly - giving the sense.But the reality is that oral readings during worship services are often inaudible mumbled monotonous or delivered at a rapid machine-gun pace. This brief guidebook provides simple techniques so that parish lay readers can read with clarity and express the meaning of the Bible's messages. The Sound of Scripture will greatly enhance the ability of readers to communicate God's Word clearly giving the sense. Dr. Adler offers a sensitive and fresh approach which should certainly be extremely helpful for pastors vicars lay readers Sunday School teachers or any who are called upon to read the Bible in public. (Howard W. Kramer PhD President Emeritus Concordia Lutheran Seminary St. Catharines Ontario Canada)