Subject: Re: Book of J
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 22:55:51 EDT
The documentary hypothesis can't be "disproven" in any real sense unless
we come up with some texts of the OT that date a good 1000 years older
than the DSS. THAT would be proof, but I'm not holding my breath :).
The real rub now is the equal explanatory power of alternate
explanations.
the Word Biblical Commentary on Genesis says that the texts were subject
to computer analysis and it was determined that variations in language
paralleled differences in genre. The point, to me, now is that the DH
is not the only explanation around. That doesn't mean it's not still a
good one, though.
I may have misunderstood you...I thought you were saying Bloom's book
was a bit slim on evidence. Robbie seemed to think that was a common
critique of the book. I don't know.
Jim
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