Heath has written an entertaining and provocative article and book, cited above, which I have just started to read. As a professional Bible scholar and former Evangelical insider, I have thought for long time that the Tanakh should be treated as a cultural artifact just like the Iliad and Odyssey. I hope Heath’s book garners the broad readership it deserves and contributes to adding another nail to the coffin of contemporary Evangelical, especially Fundamentalist, religious, cultural, and political beliefs and practices in the United States.
Heath has written an entertaining and provocative article and book, cited above, which I have just started to read. As a professional Bible scholar and former Evangelical insider, I have thought for long time that the Tanakh should be treated as a cultural artifact just like the Iliad and Odyssey. I hope Heath’s book garners the broad readership it deserves and contributes to adding another nail to the coffin of contemporary Evangelical, especially Fundamentalist, religious, cultural, and political beliefs and practices in the United States.