Julius Wellhausen goes to Copenhagen: Towards a more progressive commentary on Exodus

This article explores how commentaries on Exodus have engaged with the documentary hypothesis and alternative theories of pentateuchal composition. Despite new and compelling theories as to how and when the Pentateuch was composed arising over the last thirty years, commentators on Exodus have shown...

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Main Author: Whiting, Simeon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: The expository times
Year: 2019, Volume: 131, Issue: 5, Pages: 183-198
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