the Bible is internally diverse; and at least among the biblical scholars, the parameters of appropriate biblical interpretation continue to be debated.1 However, both approaches are different from what I do here, even if the demarcation lines are not easy to draw because devotional habits of the heart and exegetical habits of the mind are both essential dimensions of the more integrated approach that I take here. Properly speaking, the essays in this book are theological readings of biblical texts.
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