The criticism part of that doesn't mean necessarily being critical of it,

批判并不意味着对圣经吹毛求疵
that is criticizing the text,

只是对经文的而言而已
it just means reading it with critical eyes,

只是说阅读时要有批判的眼光
with questioning eyes, with, if you were, doubting eyes in some cases.

某些情况下还要有质疑的眼光
What we do is we read these texts not for

我们阅读这些经文不是为了
what they tell usa bout the events in the past,

了解他们想告诉我们的过去的事情
although you can read this,

尽管你可以读得到
but we actually read the text as if

而我们实际上阅读这些经文
they were intentional documents written by authors

要知道作者是有他们目的的
who had points they wanted to make and

他们的论点中心
they tell the story the way they tell the story because they have a message.

他们这么讲故事是因为他们想传达信息
The important thing is not what really happened or

最重要的不是究竟发生了什么