Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message ----- > On 26 Jan 2009 at 11:20, Yigal Levin wrote:
> > Dear Bryant,
> >
> > You're right, the basic assumption underlying my statement is a
> > source-critical methodology, which is universally accepted in modern
> > biblical studies.
>
> "Universally" is a pretty strong word in such a context...
>
> Dave Washburn

No, it's not. While not all modern scholars accept the specific JEPD 
hypothesis, the methodology is accepted as being valid even by those who do 
not practice it themselves. Except by people whose faith refuses to let them 
do so - which is NOT to say that all people of faith do not accept it, just 
that I know of no one who opposes it who is NOT a "person of faith".

Yigal Levin