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Thompson says: first survey the unit as a whole, and only then go and review smaller sections of the work. The second step Thompson advocates is titling the text with mental short-hands or creating meaningful divisions different chapters, paragraphs, and subunits in a way that helps make sense of the works content and structure. This can actually be helpful in avoiding losing the forest in the trees, which is always a danger when reading long, extended narratives. Above all, Thompson is concerned with content in a holistic fashion (Thompson 34). Attend to major matters first, rather than focus on a few key greatest hits passages (Thompson 45). The Bible should not be read like a series of great quotations!

Thirdly, note proportion and sense the atmosphere, in other words, understand what the author of the book felt was truly important (Thompson 45). Review how much space on the page is spent upon various aspects of the story. The usefulness of this technique can be seen in many books of the BibleThompson examines Jonah as a test case, but this question of proportionality is also manifest in Job, where Jobs suffering and acceptance of the mightiness of the divine is

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