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Category Archives: Bible
Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture 1300-1700
I first read this book two years ago and I started rereading it this morning because I can’t get it out of my head. Here are some highlights from this 2013 book by two Roman Catholics: * Our argument, to … Continue reading
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The politics of biblical interpretation
Aaron W. Hughes writes in 2018: * The Biblical narrative has long been used to articulate political positions about Jewish life. The history of Jewish philosophy, for example, is essentially the history of reading the Bible through a set of … Continue reading
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The Historical-Critical Method
Professor Edgar Krentz wrote in 1975: * The introduction of historical criticism constituted ‘the most serious test that the church has had to face through nineteen centuries” about the nature of authority.14 The method tends to freedom from authority and … Continue reading
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A Jewish Analysis Of Western Politics
Charles Lesch is a professor of political science at Vanderbilt. He has his PhD from Harvard. He recently published: Theopolitics Contra Political Theology: Martin Buber’s Biblical Critique of Carl Schmitt. He’s also published, Democratic Solidarity in a Secular Age? Habermas … Continue reading
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Genesis
Here are some excerpts from Dennis Prager’s commentary on Genesis: The first verse of Genesis is, in some ways, the most important verse in the Bible. While many Torah verses influenced history, Genesis 1:1 changed history in monumental ways. • First, … Continue reading
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