The Bible for Grown-Ups

‘Loveday’s case is that the veil of historical truth and divine authority has placed upon the Bible an intolerable weight, crushing it as a creative work of immense imaginative and inspirational power. His argument is both fascinating and persuasive.’ Matthew ParrisThe Bible for Grown-Ups neither asks, nor dismisses, faith. It sets out to assist clever adults make sense of the Bible – a book that is too large to swallow entirely, yet too significant in our history and culture to rule 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 a nutshell, nothing in the Bible is quite what it appears to be.Literary critic Simon Loveday’s book – a labour of love that has taken over a decade to write – is a electrifying read, for Christians and