Julia M. OBrien

One of the fascinating, if maddening, aspects of biblical interpretation is that the story embraced by one community as the greatest good news is often rejected by another as the worst bad news. Take the Exodus story, for example.

Returning to the classroom after sabbatical is always a shock.  After months of focusing on my own interests and communing with others primarily via a computer screen, I'm now face-to-face with real people, responsible for helping them understand and respond to diverse perspectives on the Bible.

My post on Reading Novels, Reading the Bible was picked up by Tim Bulkeley in his SansBlogue, which was picked up by Jim West in his blog, which was then commented on by various readers. That string leads me to clarify my point and restate my quest.