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WRW Mattfeld · 10-16-2002, 11:11 AM

It is a staple of mainstream biblical scholarship that the Primary History, Genesis-2 Kings was composed by 4 authors, the Jawist/Yawhist, Elohist, Deuteronomist and the Priestly. This article argues that there is only ONE author, who wrote all this ca. 562 BCE in the Exile. Cf. the following urls.

The Primary History (Genesis-2Kings), The Case for a Single Author
(And Observations on The Craft of Ancient History Writing)
<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html</a>

and the Case for the 562 BCE composition

<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html</a>

All the best, Walter

atrahasis · 10-18-2002, 01:15 AM

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Originally posted by WRW Mattfeld:
<strong>It is a staple of mainstream biblical scholarship that the Primary History, Genesis-2 Kings was composed by 4 authors, the Jawist/Yawhist, Elohist, Deuteronomist and the Priestly. This article argues that there is only ONE author, who wrote all this ca. 562 BCE in the Exile. Cf. the following urls.

The Primary History (Genesis-2Kings), The Case for a Single Author
(And Observations on The Craft of Ancient History Writing)
<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html</a>

and the Case for the 562 BCE composition

<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html</a>

All the best, Walter</strong>

Yap! its true, nabody refutes that.....Tell us something new...

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lpetrich · 10-18-2002, 08:27 AM

WRWM's case is that reasonable history-writing ought to have a well-defined beginning, middle, and end.

But the early books of the Bible do NOT read like that. There is no big climax, and though they have a beginning, they have two beginnings which look like two very different stories. Which are only the first of the numerous repetitions. Also, these books do a lot of digression into law codes.

So I still think that JEDP is a reasonable hypothesis, though these books may have been edited into a single narrative at the time that WRWM suggests.

WRWM discusses Genesis to Kings; the books of Chronicles approximately repeat Kings, though with a different slant -- why did WRWM ignore them?

WRW Mattfeld · 10-18-2002, 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by lpetrich:
<strong>WRWM's case is that reasonable history-writing ought to have a well-defined beginning, middle, and end.

But the early books of the Bible do NOT read like that. There is no big climax, and though they have a beginning, they have two beginnings which look like two very different stories. Which are only the first of the numerous repetitions. Also, these books do a lot of digression into law codes.

So I still think that JEDP is a reasonable hypothesis, though these books may have been edited into a single narrative at the time that WRWM suggests.

WRWM discusses Genesis to Kings; the books of Chronicles approximately repeat Kings, though with a different slant -- why did WRWM ignore them?</strong>

I "ignored" Chronicles because my "focus" was the dating of the *Primary History* (Genesis-2 Kings). Chronicles' dating is dealt with from an archaeological aspect at the following url-

<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/chroniclesanomalies.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/chroniclesanomalies.html</a>

All the best, Walter

Walter R. Mattfeld, M.A. Ed.
<a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net</a>

10-16-2002, 11:11 AM	#1
WRW Mattfeld Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Millbury, MA Posts: 43	The Case for NO JEDP, but only ONE author of the Primary History It is a staple of mainstream biblical scholarship that the Primary History, Genesis-2 Kings was composed by 4 authors, the Jawist/Yawhist, Elohist, Deuteronomist and the Priestly. This article argues that there is only ONE author, who wrote all this ca. 562 BCE in the Exile. Cf. the following urls. The Primary History (Genesis-2Kings), The Case for a Single Author (And Observations on The Craft of Ancient History Writing) <a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/oneauthorprimaryhistory.html</a> and the Case for the 562 BCE composition <a href="http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html" target="_blank">http://www.bibleorigins.net/PrimaryHistory562BCE.html</a> All the best, Walter

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10-18-2002, 08:27 AM	#3
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	WRWM's case is that reasonable history-writing ought to have a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. But the early books of the Bible do NOT read like that. There is no big climax, and though they have a beginning, they have two beginnings which look like two very different stories. Which are only the first of the numerous repetitions. Also, these books do a lot of digression into law codes. So I still think that JEDP is a reasonable hypothesis, though these books may have been edited into a single narrative at the time that WRWM suggests. WRWM discusses Genesis to Kings; the books of Chronicles approximately repeat Kings, though with a different slant -- why did WRWM ignore them?

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