The Bible In Its Own Words: Volume 1

In 50 years of speaking in a variety of churches and synagogues, I have discovered that most people don't read the Bible.

Many don't read the Bible because they don't know Biblical Hebrew. Hebrew is, after all, the language in which the Bible is actually written. If they do have some Hebrew, many can't understand what they read. They don't know the relevant history. Many can't understand what they read because they don't know the relevant sociology.

Worst of all, many can't understand what they read because they don't think about what they read. They are completely captivated by the standard interpretations they received from their religious leaders or, even, popular culture.

Each volume contains 30 essays on single a story or idea or topic that I found interesting. Interesting because it was just plain interesting or because so many standard homilies got it so very wrong. Or because I thought there was a new way of looking at it.