vol. 40, Issue #3

Online Journal Article: A Defense Of The Hyperbolic Interpretation Of Large Numbers In The Old Testament - David M. Fouts - JETS 40/3 (September 1997) 377–387

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/40/40-3/40-3-pp377-387_JETS.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/40/40-3/40-3-pp377-387_JETS.pdf

JETS 40/3 (September 1997) 377–387
A DEFENSE OF THE HYPERBOLIC INTERPRETATION
OF LARGE NUMBERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT -
DAVID M. FOUTS -

Excerpt:
For some scholars the use of large numbers in the OT is an interpretive
issue. For others it involves the theological issues of inerrancy and the
historical veracity of Scripture. It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate
and defend the premise that the issue is hermeneutical rather than
theological, involving interpretation rather than inerrancy. To develop this, the
major points of my doctoral dissertation1 will be presented in summary form.
--from the first page of the article