Front to back, Blair Konier, Stacy Rho, Justin Ker and Kevin Christopher work on a lesson in Coxs class. The students text is The Laymans Parallel Bible, which offers four biblical translations side by side. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / LAT)
Cox works with student Andrew Chiang. He tells the class at the start that some people believe the Bible is the literal word of God and that others think it is a collection of stories, but that that is irrelevant to the class purpose. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / LAT)
