5. THE SAFEGUARDS OF GROUP ENDEAVOR

This search for the prophetic expositors and their writings has never been a one—man quest. Through approximately sixteen years of endeavor there have always been associates, first in searching out and finding the sources in the various libraries of Europe and America, and then in the reading and the analyzing of the materials collected. It was also necessary to have the help of competent translators from the Latin, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Scandinavian, and other foreign languages in which many of these sources are found. So always it has really been a group project, with the safeguardings that the application of various minds—of investigators, linguists, historians, consultants, and verifiers—would bring. Often these have been the most eminent men in their fields. Due credit to such appears in the Acknowledgments at the close of each volume.PFF1 13.1

Earnest endeavor has been made to present these materials accurately and to evaluate them fairly. The undeviating purpose has been to present all the essential facts, that the reader may weigh and evaluate for himself. To this end, comprehensive tables, charts, and covering statements, at the close of each major epoch, epitomize the principal interpretations of the leading expositors within the period. Thus the combined evidence of the period is made available at a glance. The author and his colaborers recognize that, despite all the safeguards thrown around the procedures, there is still the possibility of error or inadequacy in some phase of the presentation.PFF1 13.2