The defects of the Bible may be caused by______.

The Bible is a very human book. It was written, assembled, copied and translated by people. That explains the flaws, the contradictions, and the theological disagreements in its pages. Once that is understood, it is possible to find out which parts of the Bible were not in the earliest Greek manuscripts, and what one book says in comparison to another, and then try to discern the message for yourself.

Enter any bookshop today and you will notice that Shakespeare has an entire section to himself. Every year editions of individual Shakespeare plays or of the Complete Works proliferate in a highly competitive publishing market. Although the dramatist’s destination is performance not print, for today’s dramatists publication is a highly desirable end-product, a confirmation of theatrical presence and literary prestige. This was not yet the case in Shakespeare’s England. Shakespeare was not interested in having his plays printed.