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“In the deepest sense, the Bible is not meant to be interpreted, but rather revealed!”

— Eli Of Kittim

“It has become increasingly necessary to abandon the use of biblical historiography as a viable source for our own historical writing .. We must…

— Frank Charles Thompson

“Sadly, we have confused biblical literature with history, and turned prophecy into biography.”

— Eli Of Kittim

“biblical theology by definition comes from the biblical text (or ought to), not from Christian history or the writings of Christians about the Bible.…

— Michael S. Heiser

“Ours is a historical faith, and to uproot the Bible from its historical contexts is self-contradictory.”

— Peter Enns

“In Old Testament narratives one should see what the segment is saying about God and then see how the characters in the narrative relate…

— Peter A. Lillback

“To the extent that it remains true to itself, the historical method not only has to investigate the biblical word as a thing of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“It is already apparent that the ‘minimalist’ view of the Bible as wholly fictitious and unhooked from historical reality, may be as much of…

— Simon Schama

“biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of the most famous events in the Bible…

— Israel Finkelstein

“If we want to know and reverence God truly, we will dedicate ourselves to becoming biblical theologians who understand the narrative and themes of…

— Thabiti M. Anyabwile

“is now evident that many events of biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of…

— Israel Finkelstein

Anybody who has read any biblical scholarship knows that every scholar struggles over completely intractable problems with the original texts, or what they have…

— Marilynne Robinson