Summary of John Collins's What Are Biblical Values?

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

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#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.

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