The DtrH does not find its genesis (thats a funny yet ironic phrase) in the period of Josiah. It was written after the exile. And probably during the Hasmonean period.
And which authorial strands do you believe to have been written in the Hasmonean period? Yahwist? Deuteronomist? Elowist? Priestly?
But you are right- there is scant archaeological evidence for anything in the Hebrew Bible.
Jim, you misrepresent me here. I never made that statement. And it's certainly not true. I can trudge out refutations if you like, but that would be beyond the scope of the thread. Perhaps something offlist if you need to be brought up to speed on the archaeological discoveries.
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