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The way Spong represents it one could be forgiven for thinking this is the mainstream, consensus view of the academy. On the contrary, if there is anything approaching a consensus in scholarship today it is that the Gospels are ancient biographies, a genre which was normally expected to deal in historical facts.
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On the one hand, there are informed people like himself, who know the incontrovertible truth that much of the Bible is false, and the good parts which remain must be treated ahistorically. On the other hand there are the ignorant and uninformed, fundamentalists who think the Bible magically dropped from heaven.
It is these scholars, like James Dunn, John P. Wright, and Richard Bauckham, which Spong simply refuses to read.
To be sure, in any church one will be able to find a simplistic acolyte who has a poorly formed basis for their belief, but the same problem recurs in any social and intellectual movement. Did every Democrat who voted for Obama have a good reason for doing so? Is every Greenpeace member competent in environmental science?
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In a similar fashion to Bill Maher in his documentary Religulous , Spong feels the need to look smart by making his debating partner a straw man. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, Spong seeks to edit out those portions of the Bible he finds difficult and distasteful, because they do not accord with his modern sensitivities and progressive values. So Nahum and Habakkuk are out, as is 1 Timothy, whilst Revelation is not even worthy of study.
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A compelling and thought-provoking read. This book is filled with insights from a lifetime of deep engagement with Scripture. Pulsing beneath his brilliant, thought-provoking, passionate book is this question: Can Christianity survive the education of its believers? After a decade of feeling banished by the Bible, I am now drawn back.
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The result is an introduction to the Bible that will engage readers who no longer sit in church pews. The Wit and Wisdom of Robert W. This book should renew a sincere interest in the biblical story that for too long has been lost in our corporate ignorance.