How to Read the Bible

Published on January 31, 2006

31 January 2006 Marc Zvi Brettler, Brandeis University professor of biblical literature and author of How to Read the Bible, speaks with NPR’s Terry Gross about reading the Bible with “the historical-critical approach,” and viewing it as an anthology that “speaks in multiple voices on profound issues,” rather than a perfect, and cryptic whole.

31 January 2006

Marc Zvi Brettler, Brandeis University professor of biblical literature and author of How to Read the Bible, speaks with NPR’s Terry Gross about reading the Bible with “the historical-critical approach,” and viewing it as an anthology that “speaks in multiple voices on profound issues,” rather than a perfect, and cryptic whole.

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