Bent Melchior gives an account of the paradoxes in the Bible. He defends a tradition, which has been under attack for a long time and asks, How should we view the Bible and its creation account in light of modern scientific discoveries? Can the creation account in the Book of Genesis be taken literally - and how? Is it still possible to be a Bible fundamentalist? "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." This is the grand introduction to the Bible, but how can this common Jewish-Christian foundation of faith be maintained during continual attacks, which have taken place since the time of Spinoza? Chief Rabbi Bent Melchior gives an account of the paradoxes in the Bible. He defends a tradition, which has been under attack for a long time and asks indirectly: Is the Bible right after all - and are the scientists wrong?
(From the book: "Science or God?" ("Videnskaben eller Gud?") edited by Bent Raymond Joergensen and Uffe Graae Joergensen)