reverence as to believe most firmly that none of their writers has fallen into any error. And if in these Books I meet anything which seems contrary to truth, I shall not hesitate to conclude either that the text is faulty, or that the translator has not expressed the meaning of the passage, or that I myself do not understand.7 In a spirit of true humility, exegetes8 must understand that any error concerning biblical interpretation lies within us as fallible human persons, and not with God or with