In Stories in the Scriptures I offer a way of reading familiar texts from a fresh perspective. I come to the ancient narratives not in the role of a preacher, but as a story-teller and I ask not, “What must we believe?” but rather, “What real situations could have prompted people just like ourselves to tell these tales?”
In trying to find possible answers to questions like this, I find that I am drawn closer to the people who first told the stories. Ordinary people just like ourselves, people who loved to tell their tales – to inform, to entertain, and maybe sometimes even to mislead. Real people to whom we can relate and who can inspire us to join in and tell our own stories.
My other Questions of Belief books:
Counting the Days to Armageddon
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Tales from the Snig's Foot 