How To Read The Bible by Harvey Cox

Read the full post at - How To Read The Bible by Harvey Cox How to Read the Bible by Harvey Cox is an accessible, nuanced, and genuinely creative introduction to engaging with the best-selling and most influential single book in the world. Which is a harder job than it sounds. I’ve done a few deep dives into religion and religious history over the years (it was my minor in college). Karen Armstrong’s biography of the Bible is excellent. David Plotz’s humorous read through is fun & hilarious. Bart Ehrman’s work is sharp and worth your time as is Catherine Nixey’s. After working through Diarmaid MacCulloch’s massive Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, and just watching the general drift of social discourse in America, I felt like it was time for another refresher — specifically on Christianity, still the dominant religion in America by a wide margin. I picked up Harvey Cox mainly because I hadn’t read much of his work, even though he has a well-earned reputation for taking…