“Thus there is also an undeniable Messianic orientation to the final shape of the Hebrew canon.” (Pages 48–49)
“singular verb inflections, adjectives, and pronouns” (Page 144)
“There is no reason why the canonisation process should not have been completed by the time of the Maccabees, as other recent studies have argued. Also, the modern suggestion that the canon represents the human response to divine revelation is seriously at odds with the viewpoint represented in this editing.57 As far as this editing is concerned, the canon is divine revelation.” (Pages 216–217)
“Conversely, a study of this shape—the larger picture—reveals the ‘extraordinary fact’ of canonical design, a design which reveals much about the understanding which defined it.” (Page 47)
“Moreover, the texts in these strategic locations look backward to the importance of past revelation and point forward to future revelation.” (Page 48)