Episode 4 - David - the Patron Saint of Abusive Clergy
Right Side Up Podcast with Danielle Strickland
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The Importance of Different Interpreters of Scripture
For such a long time when you have people who are mainly, let's be honest, educated white men interpreting scripture, they are probably going to have a more sympathetic view of people that want to cheat on their wives and have sex with their wives friends. And so it leads to a more generous interpretation than I think any authorial intent could genuinely give. There is a nuance though to the way that we've read this story, which I think is important that keeps repeating itself in real life behavior. It means we have to keep on coming back over and over and over again.
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