The Hebrew consonantal text suggests hu» («he»)(
with later scribes providing vowel pointing for hi» [«she»]-RRB--- an artifact of an early stage in writing, when hu» was used generically of both sexes and the feminine form hi» was used sparingly.
For some of these, a hardened skeptic could argue that
later scribes made up events to fit in with the Old Testament prophecies.
We learned earlier this year that the Sunshine and 28
Days Later scribe was tackling an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's brilliantly terrifying enviro - horror novel Annihilation for his second directorial effort, with Natalie Portman starring to boot.
A careful analysis might help scholars determine whether the particularly lascivious passages in some versions were Chaucer's or
a later scribe's.
My most recent work was a short collaboration with an artist: a book of tales with notes written by
a later scribe.