The Bible for Grown-Ups neither requires nor rejects belief. It sets
out to help intelligent adults make sense of the Bible - a book that is
too large to swallow whole yet too important in our history and culture
to spit out.
Why do the creation stories in Genesis contradict each other? Did the
Exodus really happen? Was King David a historical figure? Why is
Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus so different from Luke's? Why
was St Paul so rude about St Peter? Every Biblical author wrote for
their own time and their own audience. In short, nothing in the Bible is
quite what it seems.
Literary critic Simon Loveday's book - a labour of love that has taken
over a decade to write - is a thrilling listen, for Christians and
anyone else, which will overturn everything you thought you knew about
the Good Book.