{"title":"Teaching the Bible in the Public Schools: Reading the Bible as Literature","authors":"J. Segal","doi":"10.13021/G8PPPQ.272007.157","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There is increased interest in teaching the Bible \"as literature\" in public schools. The proponents may be in for a surprise. Read as literature, the Bible significantly parts company with central tenets of both Judaism and Christianity.","PeriodicalId":82464,"journal":{"name":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","volume":"48 1","pages":"22-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13021/G8PPPQ.272007.157","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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There is increased interest in teaching the Bible "as literature" in public schools. The proponents may be in for a surprise. Read as literature, the Bible significantly parts company with central tenets of both Judaism and Christianity.