Remembering "the barbarians who wrote the Bible"

Thanks to Kouya Chronicle for linking to Darrell Pursiful's article on "How to Read the Bible Like a Pagan." Here are a couple of samples:

The intellectual chauvinism of the Enlightenment is one of the reasons Western Christianity, particularly the Protestant versions, is currently in such upheaval. . . .

I’m convinced there is much wisdom to be found in reading the Bible—as much as possible—through non-Western, pre-industrial eyes. At the very least, one won’t get far in understanding the values and motivations of the people who populate the biblical narrative without it. As surely as I am not an African, none of the heroes of the Bible were Americans!

Again, those are merely snippets. I recommend reading the whole article.