Reconstructive-Reading

The Bible wasn’t written in a vacuum. Biblical authors were manipulating oral traditions, developing counter-arguments and responding to specific situations. However, this is not always obvious in the text and needs to be reconstructed using methods such as mirror-reading, echo-reading and causal chains. I refer to this process as reconstructive-reading. Learn more about how I do this in the videos below:

The Bible As Propaganda

Through reconstructive-reading, I discovered that the Bible is propaganda, with the exception of the authentic Pauline epistles. Furthermore, the Bible is deceptive propaganda, promoting the author’s agenda over truth. To learn more about the Bible as propaganda, watch the video below:

Source/Redaction Criticism

Books of the Bible often consist of multiple sources or redactors. I consider the underlying narratives that the Biblical authors manipulate to be sources as well. Reconstructive-reading helps identify sources and redactions and vise versa. Learn more about my views on source/redaction criticism in this blog post:

Examples of Reconstructive-Reading