If Moses killing the Egyptian followed immediately after Exodus 1:12 in J, then the source gave no introduction to who Moses was or his parents. (Baden 2012:74)
I expected an eminent professor's treatise "reviving the #DocumentaryHypothesis to persuade me, but it's having the opposite effect.
A snippet from the page of a book: According to J, Jacob’s death comes almost immediately upon his arrival in Egypt (47:29–31), in line with Jacob’s statements that, having seen Joseph alive, he can finally die in peace (45:28; 46:30).
Statements like this (pictured) don't persuade me of the soundness of your #DocumentaryHypothesis theory. The immediately preceding verse says Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years, and the author gives no argument why that verse belongs to a different source, merely assertion.
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114. In the E source, no reason is given for Sarah's lack of offspring; when God promises Abraham that he will have a son of his own, that is, Isaac (Gen 15:4), there is no mention of relieving Sarah of barrenness. P is more explicit: Isaac's birth is miraculous because of Abraham's and Sarah's advanced ages, not barrenness (Gen. 17:16-19). Again, there is no mention of Sarah having been unable to bear children before this.
Okay, here's a silly argument (p.69-70 of Baden's Composition of the Pentateuch):
Sarah "says explicitly that she is barren-'Yahweh has kept me from bearing' (16:1)-a concept unique to J" and justified in note 114 (pic).
What is inability to conceive?
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I realized that one model for the #DocumentaryHypothesis is Tatian's treatment of the four gospels in his #Diatessaron . But if we only had the Diatessaron, would we be able to reconstruct four gospels, using Hebrew Bible scholar methods? The answer is no, in part because gospels share material.
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I'm entertained by a scholar arguing for the #DocumentaryHypothesis objecting to the Supplementary Hypothesis because it implies that the redactors are incompetent. If the redactors were competent, there would be no evidence to support the Documentary Hypothesis...
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Reupping for the evening crowd
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A Facebook debate on the Pentateuch turned into a lesson in how misunderstood biblical scholarship remains.
durandboshoff.substack.com/p/when-faith...
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I taught the Bible as a historical document for years. I don't think that means what they think it means. #DocumentaryHypothesis #Authorship #Pastiche #TheRedactor
