The Socratic Method & the Bible

Socrates cross-examined his contemporaries who claimed to be wise. He used the “Socratic Method” of critical questioning to show that these “authorities” were not nearly as wise as they thought they were. Socrates applied his disposition to question authority to books as well. For him, books were not repositories of truth to be digested but instead records of thinking to be critically engaged. But what about the Bible? If that book is God’s authoritative Word, then it does contain important truths we ought to believe. Still, Socrates was partially right even here. We need to question our interpretations of scripture.