Karen Armstrong
This new book reconfirms the content in the Film. Armstrong not only describes how, when, and by whom the Bible was written, she also examines some two thousand years of biblical interpretation by rabbis and bishops, scholars and mystics, pietists and critics, thus opening up a myriad of exegetical approaches and dispelling any fundamentalist notion that only one view can be correct.
Interfaith understanding and cooperation are now essential to out survival.
Perhaps members of the three Abrahamic Traditions should work together to establish a common hermeneutics. This would consist of a sustained critical , moral and spiritual examination of the problematic texts themselves, the way they have been interpreted throughout history, and an in-depth examination of the exegesis of the people who exploit them today.
