JETS 20:3 (September 1977) p. 246 When we are considering men whose minds were immersed in the Hebrew Scriptures, it is difficult to distinguish conscious from unconscious allusions to the OT and both of these from coincidental similarities in expression. Probably these Biblical authors themselves were not aware of every allusion they made to Scripture. This elusiveness of intention, which develops and is modified as a work unfolds, is reflected in the quest undertaken by Hardy’s rustic constable,