(March 21, 2023 at 12:12 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The functional ambiguity of the details is intentional. It's what makes the story transportable.
The Old Testament certainly didn’t frequently opt for calculated ambiguity, nor lack boldness in naming the who, when and where, when describing events that would help make its main yokel audience feel they are privileged to be near the centers of the goings on that marks the progress of the world.
Didn’t lack boldness that is, when there appear to have been little likelihood of immediate contradiction and pushback from those in the same social circle but more knowledgeable.
