Hector Avalos - Interesting Essay.

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http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/lite...7930.shtml

It is no secret that I have proposed to end biblical studies as we know it. Biblical studies, as we know it, is still largely a religionist and apologetic enterprise meant to serve the needs of faith communities. It is still part of an ecclesial-academic complex.

Having presented a detailed case in my book, The End of Biblical Studies (2007), my purpose here is to show how concerns over biblical illiteracy are historically recent and cyclical. The historiography of biblical illiteracy is omitted in the comments of Philip Davies (“Whose Bible is it? Anyone’s?”), Stephen Prothero, and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.i However, knowing this history has implications for the future of biblical studies. My main point is that biblical illiteracy should not always be regarded as a bad thing.

I, of course, fully agree!