The Hexateuch Hypothesis: A History of Research and Current Approaches
This article traces the development of the concept of the Hexateuch in five major stages: (1) its beginnings in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, (2) its floruit in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, (3) the challenge to the Hexateuch hypothesis by the Deuteronomistic His...
| Published in: | Currents in biblical research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Currents in biblical research
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-156 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Hexateuch
/ Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
/ Deuteronomistic history
/ Source criticism
/ Noth, Martin 1902-1968
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
B exodus-conquest narrative B DtrL B Enneateuch B Deuteronomistic History B Bible Criticism, Redaction B Noth, Martin, 1902-1968 B Source Criticism B Martin Noth B Bible. Leviticus B Exodus, The B Pentateuchal Theory B Tetrateuch B Hexateuch B Tritoteuch B book of Joshua |
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| Summary: | This article traces the development of the concept of the Hexateuch in five major stages: (1) its beginnings in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, (2) its floruit in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, (3) the challenge to the Hexateuch hypothesis by the Deuteronomistic History hypothesis, (4) the partial decline of the Hexateuch hypothesis during the second half of the twentieth century, and (5) its recent revival and reinterpretation, particularly since the turn of the millennium. Within the current discussion, the most decisive question is whether one should conceive of the Hexateuch as an early (i.e., pre-Priestly and/or pre-Dtr) narrative work, as a late redactional construct, or both. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X17737067 |