Quotes by Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book

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Here and throughout the Gospels, Jesus does not simply cite Scripture as though it were a self-evident, self-interpretin — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Indeed, like so many encounters with Jesus in the Gospel stories, we might go to the Bible looking for answers, but we u — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The Bible is not a book of answers but a library of questions. — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
In many ways, those dedicated to removing all potential biblical contradictions, to making the Bible entirely consistent — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
For many potential Bible readers, this expectation that the Bible is univocal is paralyzing. You notice what seem to be — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The history of the Bible is one of perpetual revolution. In that light, we might begin to think about the Bible not so m — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
We're used to picturing the genealogy of a text like a family tree: one original at the base ascending like a single tru — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The idea of the Bible as a divine guidebook, a map for getting through the terra incognita of life, is our golden calf. — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
To be sure, all translation is interpretation. ... Be that as it may, functional-equivalence translations, which presume — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Bible publishers are not selling Bibles. What they're selling is that iconic idea of the Bible. Their value-added biblic — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The Bible appears to be the most revered book never read. — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
About two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible "answers all or most of the basic questions of life"—and 28 percent — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Like my peers, I believed that the Bible was God's Word written down for me, answering all my questions about who God is — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
The icon of the Bible as God's textbook for the world is as bankrupt as the idea that it stands for, of religious faith — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Biblical interpretation is not a passive matter. It requires our own active negotiation. When we pretend that, deep down — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Mercy, how we do so often love to immortalize those despised and forgotten in life. — Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book