How to Read the Bible Quotes

“A myth is essentially true because it is a symbol, and a symbol is something that points beyond itself to a truth that might be difficult or impossible to express in ordinary language.”
― Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible

“The dominant ethos of the twenty-first century consists of an intermingling of the sacred and the secular.”
― Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible

“From the beginning, the Bible says, God has shared his power and tried to enlist us in continuing his creation and in caring for it. Instead, we have messed it up badly more often than we have gotten it right.”
― Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible

“The difference between a "problem" and a "mystery" is that we may be able to "solve" a problem, but a mystery is something we have to live with.”
― Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible

“There is scarcely one figure in the entire Hebrew scripture we would want our children to emulate.”
― Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible