Holy literary license : the almighty publisher chooses fallible mortals to write, edit, select, reject, copy, and translate Godstory

An award-winning western novelist (NORTH TO YESTERDAY, WANDERER SPRINGS) with decidedly liberal political leanings writes a spiritual autobiography unlike any other. The author grew up in a small west Texas town, attended seminary, became a war correspondent in Vietnam, and taught creative writing and literature for 40 years at Trinity University in San Antonio. With a deep sense of the irony of his project, he sets out to explain how the Bible came to be, delving into historical misconceptions, errors in translation, political and cultural biases, as well as the editorial failings of the Bible's many authors -- and yet, he arrives at a place of ultimate faith. HOLY LITERARY LICENSE is not anyone's traditional Sunday School material, but contemporary, open-minded Christians will find the book both enlightening and inspirational -- and at times, intensely humorous. Flynn, the author of GROWING UP A SULLEN BAPTIST, is known for his wry wit and his humane insight. This work is his masterpiece. Join Robert Flynn on a personal odyssey from the words of the Bible to the Word, from the letter of the law to its spirit, from West Texas to the City of God, groom tribal christianity to an embrace of the universality of God's grace and love. Forged in the crucible of his own experience. This marvelous journey reminds us that, revelatory though the Bible is, it was nonetheless composed by human authors.--Very Rev. Douglas Travis, Dean and President Emeritus Seminary of the Southwest