"My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has been unjustifiably neglected. Despite that neglect, the literary approach builds at every turn on what biblical scholars have done to recover the original, intended meaning of the biblical text."

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Source : Leland Ryken (1984). “How to Read the Bible as Literature”, p.12, Zondervan

Leland Ryken

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“I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy.”

Source : "Inflation fight goes on, Mr Jenkins tells left". The Times, January 24, 1976.
“A partner who rolls her eyes, sighs, turns away, sends a very toxic message.”
“I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when we're going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year.”
“As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.”
“Only he who is helpless can truly pray.”
“Thereâ€™s no more morality in world affairs, fundamentally, than there was at the time of Genghis Khan.”
“It's much better for an artist to know everything than to be limited by ignorance.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.”

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