Quotes by : Timothy Beal

Biblical interpretation is not a passive matter. It requires our own active negotiation. When we pretend....

The Bible appears to be the most revered book never read.

To be sure, all translation is interpretation. ... Be that as it may, functional-equivalence translations,....

We're used to picturing the genealogy of a text like a family tree: one original at the base ascending....

For many potential Bible readers, this expectation that the Bible is univocal is paralyzing. You notice....

Here and throughout the Gospels, Jesus does not simply cite Scripture as though it were a self-evident,....

The icon of the Bible as God's textbook for the world is as bankrupt as the idea that it stands for,....

About two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible "answers all or most of the basic questions of life"—and....

The history of the Bible is one of perpetual revolution. In that light, we might begin to think about....

Indeed, like so many encounters with Jesus in the Gospel stories, we might go to the Bible looking for....