When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
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When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

— Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
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