An Imperfect Pairing
On the Bible and Contemporary Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21785289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darren J N Middleton (0000-0002-9854-1969, Baylor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postscripts The Journal of Sacred Texts Cultural Histories and Contemporary Contexts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-887X • E-ISSN: 1743-8888 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/post.34192 |
| OpenAlex | W4415958010 |
| Language | EN |
Trained in Christian theology, religious studies, and literary theory in three British universities, I have taught an iteration of my Bible course in three US faith-based colleges and schools for over thirty years. I am lost without an annotated Bible and an eye for honest doubt. Each semester I have required my undergraduate students to read several biblical texts, stories with which they are probably familiar. But here, we begin to explore them in light of traditional and contemporary scholarship. While we often move through the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament chronologically, we also take up and assess three critical approaches to studying these texts
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Imperfect · New Testament · Old Testament · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |