books. (2) Some Old Testament books were written over a period of time by more than one author. (3) We know nothing about any of the authors of the Old Testament except through their writings. In any case, all the human authors of the Old Testament are dead and obviously cannot be questioned or interviewed to illuminate us about the intentions of their writings. And then, most importantly, (4) the Bible itself informs us that God stands behind the human authors and that sometimes the human authors
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