{"id":6688,"date":"2023-08-07T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2023-08-07T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:19:03","slug":"pentateuchal-criticism-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/pentateuchal-criticism-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentateuchal Criticism Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today’s free book is a very useful introduction to the documentary hypothesis by T. Desmond Alexander of Union Theological College, Belfast<\/a>. This in-copyright title has been uploaded by kind permission of the author and is free to use for educational purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T. Desmond Alexander, Pentateuchal Criticism Today: A Guidebook for Beginners<\/em>. RTSF Monographs. Leicester: Religious and Theological Students Fellowship, 1998. ISBN: 01870137264. Pbk. pp.83. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Introduction<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Rise of the Documentary Hypothesis<\/strong>\n
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    • The Older Documentary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Fragmentary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Supplementary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The New Documentary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Documentary Hypothesis of Graf, Kuenen and Wellhausen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Models for explaining the composition of the Pentateuch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Distinctive vocabulary<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The divine names in Genesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Doublets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Implications for the history of Israelite religion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Going behind the documents<\/strong>\n
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      • Form-criticism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Traditio-historical criticism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The limitations of traditio-historical criticism illustrated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Documentary Hypothesis under threat<\/strong>\n
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        • Modifications to the Documentary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Alternatives to the Documentary Hypothesis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Why was the Pentateuch composed?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n