I have the book, and it is quite academic, and at times a bit tedious. I think it is a fairly complete take from one perspective, however, and as a study guide to one who's interested in this sutta, it is helpful.

Joseph Goldstein gave a series of talks (about 46 in total) some years ago based on Analayo's book. It is available here: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/talk/6162/

I listened to these talks over the course of a year and found it immensely educational (before I actually bought the book).

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Hi Bill,
As far as my practice - the short answer is: it has mostly been from working with contemporary teachers that teach from the suttas though currently I look more to the suttas themselves. I have not read Analayo's work on the"Sattipatthana" but have read some of his work on the Chinese Agamas (which is mostly the suttas of the Sarvastivadan school as opposed to the Theravada which most are familiar with).  

Longer answer:
The most influential teacher I had was a Chinese Chi Gong Master who taught me how to relax mind and body and settle into the chi - aka subtle energy, breath energy. This was about 20 years ago. What led me to focus on the suttas was the very close correlation with what I experienced during that practice and what I came upon when I started looking at the suttas.

Later, I came upon the teachings of Thanissaro Bhikkhu - a western monk of the Thai Forest Tradition. He also teaches working with the breath energy (as he calls it). He has been very influential for me over the past 10 years or so. He teaches from the suttas - though with a Thai Forest twist - mostly the focus on energy and energy channels - but for me, because of my earlier chi gong training - a natural fit. In general, I think he is able to bring to life the more arcane language found in the suttas making it more accessible.

I also found the teachings of Bhante Vimalaramsi quite helpful. He is a bit quirky but has some good insights into the suttas and many useful practice tips sprinkled throughout his talks.

Both these teachers teach from the suttas and often reference them so this has helped me get more comfortable with them (suttas). I don’t always agree with their interpretations but at least I know the underlying sutta material they are working from.

My interest these days is early or pre-sectarian Buddhism - asking “what did Buddhas teaching look like when he was alive”. Bhante Sujato (an Australian monk), Bhante Brahmali (a Norwegian? monk), and Analayo are all involved in this effort/movement.  So here the effort is to kind of scrape off the later additions to try to get back to the older material.

I think I am learning more from the suttas now days than I have ever before - going back 15 years or so. And so I look to them more and more for the purpose of practice.

One approach I have often used is to do a sutta search on a given term (virtue, jhana, etc) at accesstoinsight and then look at the first 10 hits or so. This yields a broader, deeper meaning.

I think spending the time to learn about the culture in which Buddha taught as well as the history of at least the first few hundred years of Buddhism will make things much easier.

Some resources:
A History of Mindfulness by Sujato (free download) - highly recommend

Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts by Sujato and Brahmali (free)
http://www.ocbs.org/images/stories/authenticity.pdf

What the Buddha Thought by Richard Gombrich - might be available on the web.

Leigh Brasington has a list of suspect (later or corrupted) suttas here:
http://www.leighb.com/palisuttas.htm

A series of workshops held in Australia on Early Buddhism by Sujato and Brahmali -  Workshop 4 is on Meditation in early buddhism while the first one covers early history.

Course outline for all 6 workshops is here
http://www.media.bswa.org/documents/EarlyBuddhismCourseBSWA.pdf

First five courses here
http://www.dhammanet.org/archive/earlybuddhism

Session 6 seems all over the place:
Slide show http://media.bswa.org/articles/EarlyBuddhism6.pdf
Part 1 - http://media.bswa.org/sutta_study/BrahmaliSujato_EBC6S1_2013_07_27.mp3
Part 2 - http://media.bswa.org/sutta_study/BrahmaliSujatoW6S2_2013_07_27.mp3
Part 3 - https://dhammaloka.org.au/component/k2/item/1538-early-buddhism-course-workshop6-session-3.html

Thank you, Chuck. I'm familiar with those authors but have not checked out the resources. Working on a paper for a little, and then will take a closer look.