This is such a truism that one is almost ashamed to
pen the words, and yet it remains a fact that, in a great deal of the more conservative biblical scholarship, it does seem to be assumed that the appeal to factual accuracy would he
as valid and important a factor in the case of ancient Near Eastern religious texts
as it would be in a modern western court of law or in a somewhat literally - minded western congregation.
To further illustrate: suppose the landlord's name is Larry, the property manager's name is Alice, and lease form says «Landlord sign here:...» Alice could get a
pen and write «Larry» there, and that would be a
valid lease executed by the landlord
as far
as the law is concerned.