Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>]

Rev. Bryant J. Williams wrote:

"The main reasons for the lack of scholars for not recognizing the puns in 
much
of the Tanakh especially the Torah of Moses is the adherence to the 
discredited
JEDP theory of Graf-Wellhausen, anti-Semitism and theology [...] ."

> From James L. Kugel, How to read the Bible, ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-3586-0, 2007, 
> p 42:

 .... But today, it must be conceded, the majority of biblical scholars 
 in American and European universities are convinced by the idea of the 
 Pentateuch's multiple authorship.  Even if no absolute proof exists, 
 they say, some theory of different authors is the most logical and 
 parsimonius way to make sense of the evidence. ...

I don't know if the "JEDP theory of Graf-Wellhausen" has obstructed pun 
recognition
but it certainly hasn't been "discredited".  


Chris Kimball
West Redding, CT