Francesca Stavrakopoulou | The Weekly (Interview)
Francesca Stavrakopoulou (1975) is a British biblical scholar and broadcaster. She is currently Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter. The main focus of her research is on the Hebrew Bible, and on Israelite and Judahite history and religion [ ΠΗΓΗ ]. Η συνέντευξη με τη Φραντσέσκα Σταυρακοπούλου υποτιτλισμένη στα ελληνικά [ 13΄ ] We cannot possibly understand Western culture and the history of Western culture without the Bible. [I] love the Bible because it's like the most amazing collection of ancient literature ; reading it is like going into a time capsul, it's like time traveling and you get to to read all about these different sorts of myths and legends. Whether you're an atheist , like me, or you're religious, like other people, the Bible has played such a massive role in our lives right from when we're kids, that somehow to be in these places [the Holy Land ], I think you can't but help just feel engaged and ex...