Daily Archives: May 29, 2026

Legitimacy Before Fair-Minded Audiences: An Integrated Model

Posted on May 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This concluding paper of the suite and of the whole work integrates the elements developed across the preceding papers into a unified model of how credible authority is established before fair-minded hearers, and argues that legitimacy of this kind … Continue reading →

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Steelmanning the Critic: Surfacing the Counter-Texts Yourself

Posted on May 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper argues that the most credible move available to a biblicist authority is to raise the strongest objections to his own position before his critics do, and to invite testing rather than resist it. Building on the costly-signaling … Continue reading →

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Self-Binding as Credibility: The Logic of Costly Authority

Posted on May 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper argues that authority earns trust in proportion to the constraints its holder visibly accepts, and that the New Testament model of leadership is defined by cost borne rather than privilege claimed. Building on the typology of tells, … Continue reading →

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Touch Not Mine Anointed: Anatomy of a Misused Text

Posted on May 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper offers a case study in how a single verse becomes a shield for authority, demonstrating by close exegesis the difference between faithful interpretation and self-protection. The text is the divine word recorded in Psalm 105:15 and 1 … Continue reading →

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