What does Bible hyper-literalism mean?

What I've learned about how we get the Bible wrong

I posted something to Instagram yesterday that I knew would pique some interest among other Christians I know (and those I don’t).

“It was a kind of revelation to me over the last few years that the way many people read the Bible now — hyper literally — is not even faithful to historical Christianity,” I said.

This was during an interview with James K.A.…