this principle helps to underline other parts of christian theology, especially the role of god's revealing of his own nature through the jewish people and their holy texts, and most finally in the death, burial, and resurrection of jesus of nazareth, or "jesus son of man" as he referred to himself. these scriptures were meticulously and creatively pieced together into what is now commonly known as the bible. while the bible itself claims that humans are limited and sinful and can make mistakes, god used this chosen people to keep relationally close to him through the use of prophets, priests, and other religious leaders within the jewish community to eventually reveal his nature as a loving god, jealous for relationship with all of humanity through the death and resurrection of jesus christ. the text is considered to be authoritative to christian readers because of the genealogy of purification from sin in ancient jewish culture, rendering the people to "see and hear god" as he was, rather than how a person might perceive him to be from their own contingencies.