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How to Eat Your Bible by Nate Pickowicz  This book is an excellent resource for both old and young Christians. It is a book that teaches all Christians to eat their Bible. This book is an excellent introduction to the basic principles of hermeneutics. If I were teaching a class on Hermeneutics for undergraduate students, this would be my go-to resource because of its simplistic theological tactic as well as its ideological premises of hermeneutics.  How do you eat the Bible, you may ask? One bite at a time, just like one devours an elephant. The Bible is manna—bread from heaven prepared for us by God. As Christians, we can never finish eating the Bible. When we eat the Bible, God fills our vessel with more. All we are, as Christians, are vessels for Christ.  Pickowicz believes that understanding the Bible begins with reading it. In his book How to Eat Your Bible: A Simple Approach to Learning and Loving the Word of God, he proposes a seven-year Bible reading plan. This is a plan I hope