Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text

Why is there crime-scene tape on my Bible? Elementary, my dear reader.

There is an element of detective work to biblical scholarship that entails sniffing out and interpreting clues that often escape the notice of readers. John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie introduce the art of sleuthing the Bible, providing the necessary training to hunt for clues and piece them together to understand the larger picture.

Sleuthing the Bible helps answer questions that occur during thoughtful examination of the Bible and provides exercises enabling readers to work through biblical passages on their own. Kaltner and McKenzie analyze two kinds of clues: (1) Smoking Guns— those that are obvious upon any close reading of biblical texts, and (2) Dusting for Prints—those that are more subtle or hidden from nonspecialists because of their unfamiliarity with the languages, culture, and larger content of the Bible.

Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, Sleuthing the Bible is an ideal resource for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the biblical text. 
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Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text

Why is there crime-scene tape on my Bible? Elementary, my dear reader.

There is an element of detective work to biblical scholarship that entails sniffing out and interpreting clues that often escape the notice of readers. John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie introduce the art of sleuthing the Bible, providing the necessary training to hunt for clues and piece them together to understand the larger picture.

Sleuthing the Bible helps answer questions that occur during thoughtful examination of the Bible and provides exercises enabling readers to work through biblical passages on their own. Kaltner and McKenzie analyze two kinds of clues: (1) Smoking Guns— those that are obvious upon any close reading of biblical texts, and (2) Dusting for Prints—those that are more subtle or hidden from nonspecialists because of their unfamiliarity with the languages, culture, and larger content of the Bible.

Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, Sleuthing the Bible is an ideal resource for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the biblical text. 
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Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text

Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text

Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text

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Why is there crime-scene tape on my Bible? Elementary, my dear reader.

There is an element of detective work to biblical scholarship that entails sniffing out and interpreting clues that often escape the notice of readers. John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie introduce the art of sleuthing the Bible, providing the necessary training to hunt for clues and piece them together to understand the larger picture.

Sleuthing the Bible helps answer questions that occur during thoughtful examination of the Bible and provides exercises enabling readers to work through biblical passages on their own. Kaltner and McKenzie analyze two kinds of clues: (1) Smoking Guns— those that are obvious upon any close reading of biblical texts, and (2) Dusting for Prints—those that are more subtle or hidden from nonspecialists because of their unfamiliarity with the languages, culture, and larger content of the Bible.

Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, Sleuthing the Bible is an ideal resource for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the biblical text. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467456739
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 06/18/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author


John Kaltner is Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations at Rhodes College. Among his publications are Ishmael Instructs Isaac and Introducing the Qur'an.

Steven L. McKenzie is Spence L. Wilson Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Rhodes College. His books include The Hebrew Bible Today and All God's Children: A Biblical Critique of Racism.
Steven L. McKenzie is professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author and editor of 18 books, including King David: A Biography, How to Read the Bible, and (with John Kaltner and Joel Kilpatrick) The U

Table of Contents

An Initial Walk-Through 1

Part 1 Smoking Guns

1 The Clue of the Intrusive Narrator 11

2 The Clue of the Physical Description 25

3 The Clue of the Etiology 41

4 The Clue of the Weird Social Custom 56

5 The Clue of the Inconsistency 72

6 The Clue of the Doublet 95

7 The Clue of the Echo 114

8 The Clue of the Repeated Pattern 130

9 The Clue of the Broken Pattern 144

Part 2 Dusting for Prints

10 The Clue of the Telegraphed Information 163

11 The Clue of the Name 177

12 The Clue of the Anachronism 193

13 The Clue of the Hidden Meaning 209

14 The Clue of the Messy Manuscript 228

15 The Clue of the Perspectival Bias 243

A Postmortem Postscript 267

Further Reading 269

Index of Scripture References 273

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