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 Thank you Mark for the useful explanation. I agree with you that we should describe ""what the various authoritative texts have to say — capturing the different stories"" and leave it at that. The conflicting narratives is the story and provides a fascinating insight into the reasons the narrators used certain words and avoided others in their stories. I would leave it at that, without attempting to draw any type of conclusions: it is fascinating enough for the reader to appreciate without these.   "