Multiple Meanings

Mysticism, Like Postmodern Bible Interpretation, Goes Beyond a Linear Literal "Reading"

What would a postmodern Bible look like? Perhaps it would seek to open up multiple meanings in the text, to provoke questions at every turn and inspire a love for the power, porosity, and polysemy of language.

These wise words come to us from Biblical scholar Jaime Clark-Soles (1967-), whose book Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian B…