What Happened to the Documentary Hypothesis?
In its best-known formulation, the Documentary Hypothesis is the theory that the Pentateuch comprises four originally independent works—identified by the sigla J (for J/Yahwistic), E (for Elohistic), D (for Deuteronomic), and P (for the Priestly source)—that were subsequently interwoven.a It was dev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2024, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 67-68 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | In its best-known formulation, the Documentary Hypothesis is the theory that the Pentateuch comprises four originally independent works—identified by the sigla J (for J/Yahwistic), E (for Elohistic), D (for Deuteronomic), and P (for the Priestly source)—that were subsequently interwoven.a It was developed to explain the Pentateuch’s various contradictions, discontinuities, and duplications that stand alongside cohesive […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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