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Article: Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally.(Review)
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- The Christian Century
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- May 2, 2001
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Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally. By Marcus J. Borg. HarperSanFrancisco, 321 pp., $24.00.
CONFLICT ABOUT how to see and read the Bible is the single greatest issue dividing Christians in North America today," writes Marcus Borg. His new book, both an introduction to reading scripture and a reading of scripture, stakes a large claim: "We need a new set of lenses through which to read the Bible.... The older way ... has made the Bible incredible and irrelevant for vast numbers of people."
The three short chapters of the book's first part, "Foundations," will attract the most attention. In these Borg ...