Inside Higher Ed<\/em> turns its eye to the King James Version of the Bible<\/a>, which is currently getting much attention since this year is the 400th anniversary of its publication<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rod of Alexandria suggests that, because\u00a0the Bible is inherently religious,\u00a0it should not be in public school curricula<\/a> even as literature.<\/p>\n D\u0103nu\u0163 M\u0103n\u0103stireanu shares some quotes from Al Mohler<\/a>, who is right that most Christians don\u2019t know the Bible in much depth or detail, but wrong if he things that greater familiarity will not likely lead people to ask more difficult questions, rather than simply feel like they have discovered answers. Adam Kirsch has an article on this tubject in Tablet<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arni Zachariassen talks about creationism, cosmetic surgery, and toxic dichotomies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Otagosh shares a quote about growing up and the God of one\u2019s childhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n J. D. Smith shares an experience of coming to see one\u2019s faith tradition and religious community in a new, and far more negative, light<\/a>.<\/p>\n A blogger at Eerdmans shares impressions<\/a> of Jodi Magness\u2019 new book, Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus<\/em><\/a>. Finally, I want to express appreciation for a blog post by Neil Godfrey<\/a>. It contains two quotes from Justin Martyr<\/a> the wording of which had slipped my mind,\u00a0and which\u00a0may provide indication that Justin was aware primarily of the story in the Gospel of Mark<\/a> \u2013 and perhaps its missing ending<\/a> \u2013 whether in written form or orally. That version of events, in which the disciples disperse and return to Galilee,\u00a0and only regather later after some sort of religious experience, is hinted at in Mark and in John 21 and found in the Gospel of Peter<\/a>. I\u2019m grateful to Neil Godfrey for drawing my attention to another source that may\u00a0provide relevant evidence, if and when I return my attention to this subject.<\/span><\/p>\n Christopher Skinner shares an experience of interacting with a colleague who doesn\u2019t think that personal faith and critical study of the Bible can be kept separate. I would comment that, even if the colleague is right, to be unable to separate the two need not mean that one\u2019s faith tradition is allowed to override critical\/academic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0802865585\")
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