Summary of Rob Bell's What Is the Bible?

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#1 The writer of the book of Deuteronomy wants the reader to understand that Moses, the great leader of the Hebrews, the liberator who led his people out of slavery, the hero who defied Pharaoh, was also a man who could get it up. And that’s why. He was in a new future. He was stepping out of the cycle. -> The writer of the book of Deuteronomy wanted the reader to understand that Moses, the great leader of the Hebrews, the liberator who led his people out of slavery, was also a man who could get it up.

#2 The book of Genesis tells the story of Abraham as a way of introducing the reader to the violence that exists in the world, and how one man, Abraham, leaves his home and starts something new.

#3 Moses led the Jewish people out of Egypt, and the Bible tells us that he was a man who could get it up.

#4 The book of Genesis in the Bible introduces the reader to the world’s violence, and how one man, Abraham, leaves his home and starts something new.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350029482

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Insights on Rob Bell's What Is the Bible

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The writer wants us to know that Moses died but his strength hadn’t gone, which was a euphemism for sexual potency. This was to show that even though Abraham had left his family and homeland, he had still stepped out of the cycle of history.

#2

The story of Abraham is a prime example of how the writers of Genesis continued to escalate the violence between people. By the end of chapter 11, people were setting up empires to oppress the masses.

#3

When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, he was not just liberating a specific tribe, but answering a question that people have been asking for thousands of years: Will we always be slaves or will Pharaoh always have the power.

#4

The Bible is full of sexual euphemisms. The most famous is the line about Moses’s organ potency, which led to a discussion of the despair we all experience from time to time. It all started with a few obscure English words in the thirty-fourth chapter of the fifth book of the Bible.

#5

The Bible is a library of books written by several authors over a period of about fifteen hundred years. People made decisions about what books would be included in the Bible, and what would be excluded, based on their own beliefs and experiences.

#6

The Bible is a book about real people, writing about real struggles, in a real place at a real time. When you read it, it’s important to remember that there’s usually something else going on.

#7

In the Gospel of John, there is a story about a woman who is caught