The Hexateuch Hypothesis: A History of Research and Current Approaches

This article traces the development of the concept of the Hexateuch in five major stages: (1) its beginnings in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, (2) its floruit in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, (3) the challenge to the Hexateuch hypothesis by the Deuteronomistic His...

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Main Author: Germany, Stephen 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Currents in biblical research
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-156
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Hexateuch / Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch / Deuteronomistisches Geschichtswerk, Bible. Deuteronomistisches Geschichtswerk / Source criticism / Noth, Martin 1902-1968
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
B exodus-conquest narrative
B DtrL
B Enneateuch
B Deuteronomistic History
B Bible Criticism, Redaction
B Noth, Martin, 1902-1968
B Source Criticism
B Martin Noth
B Bible. Leviticus
B Exodus, The
B Pentateuchal Theory
B Tetrateuch
B Hexateuch
B Tritoteuch
B book of Joshua
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Summary:This article traces the development of the concept of the Hexateuch in five major stages: (1) its beginnings in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, (2) its floruit in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, (3) the challenge to the Hexateuch hypothesis by the Deuteronomistic History hypothesis, (4) the partial decline of the Hexateuch hypothesis during the second half of the twentieth century, and (5) its recent revival and reinterpretation, particularly since the turn of the millennium. Within the current discussion, the most decisive question is whether one should conceive of the Hexateuch as an early (i.e., pre-Priestly and/or pre-Dtr) narrative work, as a late redactional construct, or both.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contains:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X17737067