Abstract
The Bible is an essential religious text for human spirituality and for the faith development of children. This chapter will explore theories that relate to the possibilities and advantages (and disadvantages) of teaching the Bible text to children. Christian as well as Jewish pedagogical views will be explored. Additionally, educational theories that relate to children’s textual understandings will be used in order to get a sense of the educational implications of exposing children to sacred texts. Illustrations will be presented from my work with primary school children as it relates to their responses to the Bible and ancient interpretive texts. These responses will reflect the views of a sample of children in Israeli, British and American schools. The theory and the classroom research will be used together to explore the implications for religious educators of teaching sacred texts in the primary school.
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