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  • From: Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] The Name "Judah" and the so-called "discredited , JEDP theory of Graf-Wellhausen"
  • Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:30:37 -0500


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





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