JETS 48:1 (March 2005) p. 105 unhelpful when the desire for historical accuracy causes us to miss what the biblical authors are actually doing with their texts. Take, for example, the urge to harmonize apparent historical discrepancies. Modern harmonizations seek to fit the events recounted in the four Gospels into an exact chronological sequence. The very attempt begs the question as to whether the evangelists were primarily interested in chronology. Interestingly, Calvin wrote a Harmony of the