When one reads the biblical text having already
decided what it says, dynamic actualities of the text can be shut down since
the textual “other” is approached with an unwillingness to consider
possibilities that might challenge what one previously thought was the case. It
should be kept in mind that in reading the text one is entering the world of
the other. Thus, there is a close, but not seamless proximity between
interacting with texts and relating to humans. To do these well takes at least an
open perception, the magic of imagination, and the elasticity of memory.
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