Download or read book Summary of John Collins's What Are Biblical Values? written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-10T22:59:00Z with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Bible says a lot of things, but it is not a speaking agent, and it is a collection of texts written over the course of more than a thousand years, which are neither systematic nor consistent. Is it possible to generalize about biblical values in a way that has overarching validity. -> The Bible is a written text, not a speaking agent. It cannot be interpreted like a movie script. It must be subject to a process of interpretation, in which our own presuppositions inevitably play a role. #2 The Bible is a collection of texts written over the course of more than a thousand years, which are neither systematic nor consistent. We must interpret them in a way that is consistent with our own presuppositions. #3 The Bible is a collection of texts written over the course of more than a thousand years, which are neither systematic nor consistent. We must interpret them in a way that is consistent with our own presuppositions. #4 The Bible is a collection of texts written over the course of more than a thousand years, which are neither systematic nor consistent. We must interpret them in a way that is consistent with our own presuppositions.