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Thread #149778   Message #3486773
Posted By: Don Firth
05-Mar-13 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Test Your Knowledge of the Bible
Subject: RE: Test Your Knowledge of the Bible
I got fourteen out of fifteen. The question I missed was a bit esoteric. What preacher led the "Great Reawakening?" I think I missed that one, but they don't really let you know.

But then, my knowledge of the Bible per se is pretty good. In the U. of Washington English Literature department, I took a course in "The Bible AS Literature." Read and analysed as poems, short stories, folk tales, and such. NO religious descussion allowed in the class. The Bible as literature.

Most interesting course! We read things in whole chunks, not verse by verse, and I wound up being a real pain in the butt to Bible-thumpers who took verses out of context and tried to interpret them to prove a point. I was able to say, "Hold it! That's not what that means!" and quote it in context. After a few attempts, they usually consigned me to the Nether Regions and went on to more promising targets.

Don Firth