Philip said: > SKZB should be happy in his readership, judging from this list. I was just thinking that perhaps this sort of close analysis is part of the appeal of fundamentalist religious thought - `in the book of Job it says such-and-such' - `but in Revelations we learn'... > I stay as far away from most fundamentalists as I can, but I would think just the opposite. Close textual analysis may indicate contradictions and inconsistencies, and the idea that there would be contradictions and inconsistencies is anathema to people who believe that God dictated the Bible and that its every word is law. Cheers! Mia