Many people believe in God and respect the teachings of Jesus and yet find it almost impossible to read the Bible for themselves. It's too ancient; it's too difficult; it carries too much institutional baggage; and, above all, it leaves more questions than answers. It's not surprising that apathy sets in! This book aims to throw away the religious rule-book, scrape away the preconceptions and offer a "no strings" approach to reading the Bible. It suggests different approaches to the Bible's varied types of literature and offers a range of techniques for Bible reading, ranging from the imaginitive to the analytical and from the broad sweep to the tiny phrase. It looks unflinchingly at the Bible's hard questions and gathers comments from many famous and influential people on what the Bible means to them.