From a talking donkey to a man being eaten by a giant fish, the Bible has no shortage of strange stories. In her new book "A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible" (Oxford University Press, 2021), Kristin Swenson, an associate professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, delves into these stories and many others. Here's a look at 20 of the more bizarre biblical stories that Swenson discusses in the book.This is a good list. The examples could, of course, be multiplied. And it leaves out some of the most disturbing stories. Perhaps that is good thing.
For more on Prof. Swenson's new book, see here.
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