Documentary hypothesis

The documentary hypothesis is a theory proposed by many historians and academics in the field of linguistics and source criticism that the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) are in fact a combination of documents from different sources rather than authored by one individual. Although the hypothesis is widely accepted, it has a substantial number of critics—especially conservative Bible scholars such as Kenneth Kitchen and Gleason Archer, but also among critical scholars such as R. N. Whybray.

External links

• Redaction Theory (Documents Hypothesis)
• Review of Rogerson's Old Testament Criticism
• Who wrote the Torah? Frequently Asked Questions
• Biblical Criticism
• A Summary of the Documentary Hypothesis
• The Wiseman Hypothesis
• On Bible Criticism and Its Counterarguments
• The Tablet Theory of Genesis Authorship
• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
• Detailed timeline and chart of sources of the Hebrew Bible
• New Directions in Pooh Studies (a satire of the documentary hypothesis)
• Be'halot'cha (Numbers 8-12) - The Unfinished Book, a discussion of the out-of-place Numbers 10:35-36