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Sleuthing the Bible: Clues that Unlock the Mysteries of the Text is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why is there crime-scene tape on my Bible? Elementary, my dear reader. There is an element of detective work to biblical scholarship that entails sniffing out and interpreting clues that often escape the notice of readers. John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie introduce the art of sleuthing the Bible, providing the necessary training to hunt for clues and piece them together to understand the...

The Hebrew term for the word in italics means “hand,” which of course makes little sense in this context. But if we bring in evidence from Israel’s neighboring cultures, where the word “hand” was sometimes used as a metaphor for the penis, things fall into place. Once again, the euphemism has been euphemized, as the translator opts for “nakedness” rather than “hand” for “penis,” but the jump from “hand” to “nakedness” is still a red flag that lets us know we’ve hit on the Clue of the Hidden Meaning.
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