In studying the Bible Bahá'ís must bear two principles in mind. The first is that many passages in Scared Scripture are intended to be taken metaphorically, not literally, and some of the paradoxes and apparent contradictions which appear are intended to indicate this. The second is the fact that the text of the early Scriptures, such as the Bible, is not wholly authentic...
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 28 May 1984, quoted by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice in a Memorandum dated 14 September 1987; Baha’i Library Online)
