biblical-theological approaches lies in how they receptively utilize both history and historical progression in relation to narrative texts and the canonical context. Significant in this regard is the relationship between a historical-critical approach to biblical theology (BT1) and an evangelical approach (BT2). Sailhamer’s series of hermeneutical choices can help explain some of these differences from another angle. The “confessional or descriptive” choice is similar to the move from BT1 to BT2.