It has become sadly ldquo normal rdquo to attack not only the opinions of others but also the person holding the opinion This can be true in academic circles as well For this reason I was stunned when scholar and theologian Richard B Hays wrote a paper that forcefully took to task a work that he himself had written years earlier In Reading With the Grain of Scripture Hays demonstrated great humility of heart as he corrected his own past thinking now fine-tuned by his lifelong commitment to learning nbsp nbsp As the book of Proverbs was being introduced King [... more]