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An Interview with Carolyn Pressler

“I don’t take the Bible literally, though in the classic cliché, I take it very seriously. . . it’s because the story of God’s involvement with all the different peoples God has created is so much more than our human minds could ever encompass or articulate, that no book, no matter how profound, not even the Bible, can literally describe it.”

Professor Carolyn Pressler talks about the Older Testament, her passion for teaching, and The Lord of the Rings.

Listen to the interview (15:33)