The trouble with reading the Bible is that it claims to be Gods autobiographyso the first thing readers must do is decide what they understand by God andhow the... » 

The trouble with reading the Bible is that it claims to be Gods autobiographyso the first thing readers must do is decide what they understand by God andhow they are going to interpret his role in the rambling library of books thatclaim his authorship. Richard Holloways usefully dialectical approach to thiscentral question will allow nonbelievers as well as believers to profit from astudy of the most influential book in human history. The book discussessignificant passages from both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures andexplores the evolution of the split between the two communities whose tragicconsequences still reverberate powerfully today. «