I am of the opinion that this whole 'the OT stories are allegory' line of interpretation is just a transparent attempt to divert attention from the real scandal: that the Hellenized, largely Gentile church pulled the rug out from under the Jews, co-opted their holy book, spun it in ways that no observant Jew (including Jesus) could countenance, and made it all nothing but a pre-figuration of the Christian myth. It is literary and cultural high-jacking, nothing more, and it allows the Christian who adopts this tack to avoid having to answer for the obviously unsavory aspects of their god's character as exhibited in book after book.
This is what passes for honest Biblical exegesis in some Christian quarters. The intellectual dishonesty is disgusting.
This is what passes for honest Biblical exegesis in some Christian quarters. The intellectual dishonesty is disgusting.
