In his book The Historian and History, Page Smith writes: “[The Hebrews] were as pitiless to their heroes as to their villains, to themselves as to their adversaries, because they were writing under the eye of God and had nothing to gain and much to lose by dissembling. ”
Dalam bukunya The Historian and History, Page Smith menulis, ” [Orang - orang Ibrani itu] melaporkan apa adanya tentang pahlawan maupun penjahat mereka, tentang mereka sendiri maupun musuh mereka, karena mereka menulis dalam pengawasan Allah, dan dengan menyembunyikan, mereka tidak mendapatkan apa - apa dan kehilangan banyak. ”