Former Slate editor David Plotz blogged about reading the Old Testament from beginning to end. He said that although he was still an agnostic when he finished, “I’ve become a full-on Bible thumper. Everyone should read it — all of it!”
In The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, coauthor E. D. Hirsch Jr. said that no one can be considered culturally literate without a basic knowledge of the Bible.
So even if you’re not a believer, maybe you’ll bear with me as I tell about my dip into the Old Testament (aka Hebrew Bible, First Testament).