Marcus J. Borg looks at both Old and New Testament texts with a “scientific” eye as he tries to make the Biblical narrative accessible to the modern-day, western reader. Some might take the position that Borg goes too far in deconstructing the text, perhaps paying more attention to the world in front of the text than to the world behind it but, nonetheless, Borg’s worldview is one shared by many in the U.S. today and so his book is well worth reading. In fact, Table Talk, the theology discussion group of The University Church has read and discussed this very book over the summer of 2007. – Review by Julian