Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Many scholars accept the documentary sources
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:13:58 -0800
Lloyd:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:25 PM, LM Barre <l_barre AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> The documentary hypothesis is accepted by mainstream biblical scholarship.
>
The above sentence is both the bandwagon and appeal to authority logical
fallacies.
Bandwagon logical fallacy in that the "mainstream" is appealed to, i.e. the
majority. Just because the majority believe something, does it make it
correct? Is it possible for the majority to be incorrect?
Appeal to authority logical fallacy in referencing "scholarship" as if
scholars were always correct. Do you believe that scholars are always
correct?