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The Bible Is Not Literal
How genre, context, and evidence transform the way we read Scripture.
85 connected readings
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How to Read Beyond the Letter
Start here: the reading method behind the series.
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The Creation in Six Days
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The Firmament and the Waters Above the Sky
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Adam and Eve: Humanity Made from Dust
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The Serpent, the Fruit, and Guilt
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Cain and Abel: The First Broken Brotherhood
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Methuselah and the Lives of Nearly a Thousand Years
08
Enoch: The Man Who Vanishes from the Genealogy
09
Nephilim: Giants and the Borders Between Gods and Humans
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The Flood: When the World Returns to Chaos
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Noah, the Bow in the Sky, and the Curse on Canaan
12
Babel: The Tower, the City, and a Single Language
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Abraham: Ancestor, Journey, and Promise
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Sodom and the Woman Turned to Salt
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Isaac on the Altar: Faith, Limit, and Sacrifice
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Jacob: The Ladder and the Nightlong Struggle
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Joseph: Dreams, Famine, and Reconciliation
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Moses: The Basket and the Bush That Was Not Consumed
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The Ten Plagues: A Confrontation with Absolute Power
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The Open Sea: The Memory of the Exodus
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Manna, Quail, and Water from the Rock
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The Golden Calf and the Bronze Serpent
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Balaam and the Donkey Who Sees More
24
Sinai: Law, Thunder, and Presence
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Jericho and the Total Conquest of Canaan
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The Day the Sun Stood Still
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Gideon: The Fleece and the Three Hundred
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Jephthah and His Daughter: The Vow That Becomes Tragedy
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Samson: Strength, Desire, and the Loss of Measure
30
The Ark, Dagon, and Dangerous Holiness
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David and Goliath: Size Is Not Destiny
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Saul and the Woman of Endor
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Elijah: Ravens, Fire, and the Still Small Voice
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Elisha: Oil, Water, Iron, and She-Bears
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Hezekiah: The Shadow That Retreats and the Army That Falls
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Jonah: The Fish Is Not the Point of the Story
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Job: The Suffering That Dismantles the Religion of Reward
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The Valley of Dry Bones
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Ezekiel's Wheels and the Throne in Motion
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Lucifer: A Satire Against Kings Turned into a Biography of the Devil
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Hosea and the Prophets' Symbolic Acts
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Daniel: The Furnace and the Lions' Den
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Nebuchadnezzar, the Tree, and the Writing on the Wall
44
Daniel's Beasts and the Weeks of Years
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Esther: Banquets, Identity, and Reversal
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Judith: The Heroine of an Impossible Empire
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Tobit: The Fish, the Angel, and the Road Home
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Maccabees: History, Martyrdom, and Heavenly Intervention
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Ruth: The Foreigner Who Carries the Story Forward
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Pentecost: Fire, Tongues, and Communication
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Acts: Open Prisons, Healings, and Sobering Deaths
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The Beast, Its Mark, and the Number 666
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The Four Horsemen, Seals, and Trumpets
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The Woman, the Dragon, and the War in Heaven
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Armageddon, the Millennium, and the City of Gold
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Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, and the Lake of Fire
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Satan: Accuser, Adversary, and Cosmic Enemy
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The Trees That Elected a King
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Song of Songs: Love Before Allegory
60
Psalms, Leviathan, and Mountains That Leap
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Paul: Sarah, Hagar, Adam, and Figural Reading
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Annunciation and Virginal Conception
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Bethlehem: The Census, the Shepherds, and the Manger
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The Magi and the Star
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Herod, the Massacre, and the Flight to Egypt
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Baptism and Temptation: Voice, Wilderness, and Choice
67
The Healings of Jesus: Body, Trust, and Reintegration
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Exorcisms: The Person Beyond the Possession
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Cana: Water Turned into Wine
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Loaves and Fish: Abundance and Sharing
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The Calmed Sea and Jesus Walking on the Water
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The Coin in the Fish and the Extraordinary Catches
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The Cursed Fig Tree and the Temple
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Transfiguration: The Mountain and the Light
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Lazarus: Life, Grief, and the Last Sign
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The Passion: History and Cosmic Signs
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Resurrection: Testimony, Memory, and the Limit of History
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Ascension: The Cloud and the Language of Heaven
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The Good Samaritan: Becoming a Neighbor on the Road
80
The Father and His Two Sons: Loss, Welcome, and Resentment
81
The Rich Man and Lazarus: A Distance Built in Life
82
Seeds, Soils, Wheat, and Weeds
83
Mustard, Yeast, and Growth That Goes Unseen
84
Talents, Lamps, and the Judgment of Care
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