For the past several posts, I’ve been discussing how we can overcome our blind spots when it comes to reading the Bible. By “blind spots,” I mean those things we gloss over or simply fail to see because of our preconceptions about what the text says. I’ve discussed how reading and comparing multiple translations can […]
For the past couple posts, I’ve been discussing how we can overcome our blind spots when it comes to reading the Bible. By “blind spots,” I mean those things we gloss over or simply fail to see because of our preconceptions about what the text says. In my last post I discussed how reading and […]
In last Friday’s post, I talked about how we sometimes have blind spots when it comes to reading the Bible. By “blind spots,” I mean those things we gloss over or simply fail to see because of our preconceptions about what the text says. Over the next several posts, I want to talk about some […]
When I was in college, I read a feminist scholar’s exegesis of Genesis 1-3 for a class I was taking. I’ve read this scholar a few times since, and have always found her to be a gifted exegete with the kind of literary acumen I’ve been discussing over the past few weeks. She tends to […]