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Re: diachronics and Dt priority

From: Bearpecs AT aol.com
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: diachronics and Dt priority
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:54:34 EDT

In a message dated 7/12/01 9:27:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca writes:

P so clearly falls in the late
Persian/early Hellenistic period, linguistically...?

Why do we assume that "P" is monolithic and all written at the same time?
Why do we assume that ancient texts aren't updated in language? We've all
read Chaucer, but many haven't read his work in Middle English.
Milgrom suggests that the final redaction of Torah was by a post-exilic H
tradent, but that most of H and P (which precedes H) is pre-exilic.

diachronics and Dt priority, Vincent DeCaen, 07/12/2001
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- RE: diachronics and Dt priority, Lisbeth S. Fried, 07/12/2001
- Re: diachronics and Dt priority, Bearpecs, 07/12/2001