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The book is written by a Russian author and is based on his lectures at the West-Siberian Bible College. This book will present you with the experience and practices of Russian academics and scholars. Anyone wanting to take part in self-education may find the advice given in this book beneficial. The advice given focuses mainly on choosing books and the study process. The book was translated by one of the students attending the author´s lectures at the West-Siberian Bible College. The translation was not done by a professional and may not be perfect for which we apologize beforehand. It is our hope that this information be found useful by anyone wanting to take part in self-education and by those that love to read.

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Kotenev Dmitriy was born and now lives in Kazakhstan. He graduated from the International Institute TCMI (Austria) in the program Master of Arts. Dmitriy is a teacher and pastor, he is married and has four children.

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