A review by homebodywitch
Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy: A Journey Into a New Christianity Through the Doorway of Matthew's Gospel by John Shelby Spong

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

This is my second John Shelby Spong book and once again I really enjoyed it. As a former Christian I still find value in reading the scholarship of people trying to reform the church from the inside. I found the correlations between Matthew's gospel and the Jewish liturgical calendar fascinating. I wish he'd delved deeper into how Jews themselves interpret the Old Testament and what they (generally) believe about their own history if we aren't meant to take the New Testament literally. He tends to stop a bit short of where I really want more information but I still really enjoy his work.