Literal Quotes
The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.
Northrop Frye, Alvin A. Lee (2006). “The Great Code: The Bible and Literature”, p.79, University of Toronto Press
J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.104, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
George Steiner (1974). “In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture”, p.3, Yale University Press