A couple weeks ago my one prof played in class a clip from the GOP YouTube debate where someone asked the candidates if they believe that the Bible is literally true. She's been interested in how people nowadays use the words "literal" and "allegorical" to describe interpretation -- her contention is that "literal" is always good, and operates in conversation as something like "fidelity to the Bible" -- but in this debate, she was particularly interested in how Mike Huckabee was like, "The Bible has some messages that nobody really can confuse, and really are not left up to interpretation," and then give "Love your neighbor as yourself" as an example.
"Read a few verses down!", she was like, "What does it say?: 'Who is my neighbor,' and Jesus replies with the parable of the Good Samaritan. What do you mean it doesn't need intepretation?"
She also thought Giuliani royally fucked up by saying Jonah should be interpreted allegorically, since for so many traditions it's important he's in the belly of the fish for three days and then be spit up, since that's a prefiguration of Christ's resurrection.
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