Robert Wrubel wrote:
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> Agreed, Andie, if you're talking about the OT, but the NT is a different story, and that's maybe what people mean when they refer to the Bible. The NT (the gospels, at least) is not "hard going" -- on the contrary, it's got a great plot, memorable and vivid scenes, plenty of ideas to chew on, and a gallery of recognizable "characters", every bit as colorful as any Hollywood epic about Rome. The pity is, few Bible "readers" seem to get its radical message.
Revelations, however, is among the most over-estimated texts in world history; the scholastics almost threw it out of the canon, and their failure to do so is the blackest mark against them.
Carrol