"The Scripture stories do not, like Homer’s, court……" — Erich Auerbach
"The Scripture stories do not, like Homer’s, court our favor, they do not flatter us that they may please us and enchant us—they seek to subject us, and if we refuse to be subjected we are rebels."
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