01969cam a2200313 i 4500 20801314 AUA.1 20240222140116.0 181231s2019 miu b 001 0 eng c 2018061361 9780802875228 (pbk. : alk. paper) LBSOR/DLC eng LBSOR rda DLC pcc BS476 .K35 2019 220.601 23 Kaltner, John, 1954- author. Sleuthing the Bible : clues that unlock the mysteries of the text / John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans, c2019 viii, 279 p. : 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. The clue of the intrusive narrator -- The clue of the physical description -- The clue of the etiology -- The clue of the weird social custom -- The clue of the inconsistency -- The clue of the doublet -- The clue of the echo -- The clue of the repeated pattern -- The clue of the broken pattern -- The clue of the telegraphed information -- The clue of the name -- The clue of the anachronism -- The clue of the hidden meaning -- The clue of the messy manuscript -- The clue of the perspectival bias. "For scholars the Bible is a book of mysteries to be solved: Who wrote the text? When and why was it written? How can I make sense of these customs? Does this text relate to real history? This book explains the sort of detective work to biblical scholarship that entails finding and interpreting clues that help to answer such questions"-- Bible Hermeneutics. Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. McKenzie, Steven L., 1953- author. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BS 476 .K35 2019 24206 24206 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2024-02-22 Donation, Theological Book Network 15.00 AUA26893 0 BS 476 .K35 2019 AUA26893 2024-02-22 14:02:31 15.00 2024-02-22 BOOK