Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz>]

Jim wrote:-

> When JEPD, who lived in Jerusalem in southern Canaan over a period of
>several centuries in the mid-1st millennium BCE

A more common view is that at least one of these sources who are
designated J, E, P, or D had a northern outlook. Usually the northern
view is assigned to E. Further, not everyone places these sources that
late. For a more conservative view Milgrom, in his Anchor Bible
commentary on Leviticus, places the writing of some parts of Leviticus
before the rise of the monarchy. While dating the sources raises a host
of problems, Milgrom's views are certainly worth considering and well
argued.


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