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  • From: Michael Abernathy <michaelabernat9001 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Wellhausen
  • Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:48:04 -0600

Yitzhak,
Thank you for responding. You answered in part,
"But there are ways to prove it wrong. One can find a section
that is indisputably to be attributed to Source 1 (S1) and show that it is
dependent on a section that is indisputably to be attributed to a second
source."

That answer sounds quite reasonable in theory but I specifically asked for an
objective test for a reason. It appears to me that the decision that any passage
belongs to a specific source is subjective, open to the interpretation of the
reader. In my mind the response from some of the others on this list confirms
the subjective nature of such determinations.

I am certain that this approach seems quite sensible to those who have been
trained in it. From my limited background DH seems to be more a matter of faith
than science, being impossible to prove and nearly impossible to disprove.
And while I suppose you must find it of some value, I am perplexed as to how a
theory which encourages the interpreter to divorce material from its literary
context is a particular benefit to interpretation.
Once again, thank you for responding.
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy




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