From: "Christian M. M. Brady" <christian.brady AT tulane.edu>
To: H-Bible <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Genesis
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 22:14:50 -0500
On 9/2/00 12:38 PM, "Jim West" <jwest AT highland.net> wrote:
>> <<and intensive archaeological and literary research has undercut many of
>> the arguments used to challenge Mosaic authorship.>>
>
> there is no mosaic authorship. there is post exilic and hasmonean
> authorship. and archaeology is itself fundamentalisms worst enemy in these
> matters for it show NOTHING of many claims found in the Bible.
Jim, I admire your conviction and certainty, but there are few scholars out
here who hold this position. Where there is a consensus it does not goes as
far as the Hasmonean period and many are reevaluating arguments which place
J in the United Monarchy or at least prior to the exile.
And just curious, does this view you support place D in that period as well?
Cb
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