Orthodox interpretation(s ?) of the Bible

Karen Armstrong writes that “it is both wrong and dangerous to believe that literal truth can be found in religious texts,” and traces the current passion for literal truth among some religions to, ironically enough, the flowering of knowledge during the scientific revolution.

The Christian world is usually framed between the poles of evangelical Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, with other Churches not even making it into the footnotes. Orthodoxy, I should point out, does not take such an exclusive, literal view of the Bible. Rather, the Scriptures are understood against the background of Church teachings, and our interpretations of the Bible necessarily follow our own imperfections. The primarily oral, rather than textual, transmission of the Gospel is still found in the Orthodox liturgy.

The Bible is also not the end of the discussion:

the theologian of the Orthodox Church has the freedom to present the same truths of the Scriptures in a new expression in order to contend with contemporary ideals and challenges of society. It is very important for the Church to provide sound interpretation of Christian Sources, so that the tendency of human imagination for superstitious concepts would be curbed. — from The Fundamental Teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

I mean this post to come across as informational rather than apologetic. Effect acheived?