Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.canterbury.ac.nz>]

Yigal wrote:-

>The text of most of the Pentateuch and the Deuteronomistic History is
>also 7-6th centuries

I've changed the topic as per list rules.

I recently purchased two of the three commentaries on Leviticus by Milgrom
and am starting to work through the first volume. Milgrom seems to favour
a date for the P stratum that is very early by most scholar's standards,
attributing some of it to pre-Davidic times. In particular he appears to
think some of the P sections of Leviticus date from the temple at Shiloh
period.

What do list members think of his arguments?

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