“[The office of the interpreter] is to read Scripture like any other book.”
Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) Theologian, classical scholar, and academic administrator
On the interpretation of Scripture http://www.bible-researcher.com/jowett1.html
“A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.”
— Siri Hustvedt, book The Summer Without Men
Source: The Summer Without Men
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