Wolf argued from scripture that Israel’s biblical claim was conditional on justice.

Evidence

What stood out most when I watched it recently was that it contained none of the swaggering overconfidence that she displays to such disastrous effect about epidemiology. Instead, her voice trembles, and she confesses to being terrified to be entering this fraught conflict. Yet, unlike other subject areas, where she seems to be mostly bluffing, Wolf knows her Old Testament and makes a convincing biblical case that Genesis never promised Israel to the Jews exclusively, that it was always conditional on behaving justly, including being kind to strangers. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 997

Categorization

• QUESTION: Klein is building a contrast between Wolf’s genuine knowledge (biblical exegesis) and her bluffing (epidemiology) — worth tracking whether Klein uses knowledge-authenticity to adjudicate the political content, and whether that device is sound.
• XREF: The distinction between genuine vs. bluffed knowledge recalls the method in ‘Zero Decibels’ about how authenticity is assessed, and connects to how the doubling device privileges sincerity.