The Bible, we are constantly reminded, is the best-selling book of
all time. It is read with intense devotion by hundreds of millions
of people, stands as authoritative for Judaism and Christianity,
and informs and affects the politics and lives of the religious and
non-religious around the world. But how well do we really know it?
The Bible is so familiar, so ubiquitous that we have begun to take
our knowledge of it for granted. The Bible many of us think we know
is a pale imitation of the real thing. In A Most Peculiar Book,
Kristin Swenson addresses the dirty little secret of biblical
studies - that the Bible is a weird book. It is full of surprises
and contradictions, unexplained impossibilities, intriguing
supernatural creatures, and heroes doing horrible deeds. It does
not provide a simple worldview: what "the Bible says" on a given
topic is multi-faceted, sometimes even contradictory. Yet, Swenson
argues, we have a tendency to reduce the complexities of the Bible
to aphorisms, bumper stickers, and slogans. Swenson helps readers
look at the text with fresh eyes. A collection of ancient stories
and poetry written by multiple authors, held together by the
tenuous string of tradition, the Bible often undermines our modern
assumptions. And is all the more marvelous and powerful for it.
Rather than dismiss the Bible as an outlandish or irrelevant relic
of antiquity, Swenson leans into the messiness full-throttle.
Making ample room for discomfort, wonder, and weirdness, A Most
Peculiar Book guides readers through a Bible that will feel, to
many, brand new.
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