Unicorns, Dewy-eyed Women, and Praying the Psalms

Unicorns, Dewy-eyed Women, and Praying the Psalms

As a young person, I read the Bible because I was taught to. Certain passages I loved, like the Apostle Paul’s treatise on love, King David’s Shepherd Psalm, and especially the King James Version of a verse in Job confirming the existence of unicorns. Unicorns! Then my mother explained that later translators understood the animal to be an ox.