Biblical certitude and violence

 I have just found a good quotation from an article in the current edition of "Reform"

The Bible has contributed to violence in the world precisely because it has been taken to confer a degree of certitude that transcends human discussion and argumentation. Perhaps the most constructive thing a biblical scholar can do toward lessening the contribution of the Bible to violence in the world, is to show that certitude is an illusion.

John J. Collins in his presidential address to the Society of Biblical Literature 2002.