A Biblical History of Israel Quotes

“we do not always (as a matter of “method”)—if we are intelligent, critical people—invest faith in eyewitnesses as opposed to those people who testify to us secondarily, nor vice versa. More generally, if we characteristically believe the testimony of one sort of person rather than another—for example, if we are Caucasians and we consistently accept “insider” accounts of reality that are offered by Caucasians over against “outsider” accounts such as those offered by Asians—then we are considered prejudiced, and not intelligent. Reality, we recognize, is more complex than such method allows. We do not, therefore—if we are intelligent, critical people—allow method overly to influence us in seeking to apprehend everyday reality; or rather, we try to ensure that whatever method we might embrace is sufficiently nuanced and complex that it allows for nuance and complexity in the world outside our heads”
― Iain W. Provan, A Biblical History of Israel