http://www.misreadbible.com/blog Latest blog posts by J. R. Eldridge en-gb Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/long-road-to-jericho Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/long-road-to-jericho http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/high-inspectations Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/high-inspectations http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/paperchase Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/paperchase http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/foolish-genealogies The Bible is filled with the kind of ‘foolish genealogies’ that ‘Paul’ warned against in…]]> Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/foolish-genealogies http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/sukkoth I was invited to take part in a Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/sukkoth http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/new_testament I’m often asked how I came up with my translation of the Bible. That’s a good question, so I…]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/new_testament http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/squirts I had a dental appointment yesterday to get a filling. When I entered the examination room, the…]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/squirts http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/misreading-bible A lot of writers talk about their ‘process’, the manner in which they go about writing their…]]> Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/misreading-bible http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/gospel-disharmony As I’m currently working on my fourth book covering the gospels, I thought I’d write about…]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/gospel-disharmony http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/two-places Imagine you were tasked with writing the definitive version of the gospel. You have some version…]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/two-places http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/god-send-people-hell I’ve never understood the Christian argument that God doesn’t send people to Hell, you send…]]> Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/god-send-people-hell http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/stations-of-exodus My stories began as standalone narratives, which I was writing as longer versions of my joke…]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/stations-of-exodus http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/war-on-christmas According to certain American conservative Christians, we atheists are waging a war on Christmas.…]]> Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/war-on-christmas http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/prefer-to-believe I’ve had a pretty shit month. My grandmother died a few weeks ago, and this past weekend my dog…]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/prefer-to-believe http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/grandmother My 83-year-old grandmother is dying. The news came unexpectedly. She hasn’t been ill, she…]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/grandmother http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/eight-bloody-pages I recently started the process of publishing my second book, Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/eight-bloody-pages http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/atheism-is-not-dead I recently saw this post on Twitter and was astounded by the stunning display of modesty. (Since…]]> Thu, 23 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/atheism-is-not-dead http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/retrospect The audiobook of The MisreadBible: Genesis has been submitted for retail approval, and it…]]> Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/retrospect http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/triplet-decalogues The Pentateuch tells the story of a prophet called Moses, the son of enslaved Hebrews in Egypt…]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/triplet-decalogues http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/sister-wives One of the things that fascinates me about the Bible is the question of who authored the books…]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.misreadbible.com/blog/sister-wives