Part I: From Julius Wellhausen to Martin Noth1: The Documents of
the Pentateuch
2: Behind the Documents of the Pentateuch
3: From Tradition to Literature
Part II: The Problem of the Pentateuch in Current Research4: The
Theory Under Attack: Rolf Rendtorff's New Paradigm of the Origin of
the Pentatecuh
5: Attempts to Redate the 'Yahwist'
6: New Proposals Concerning the First Tetrateuch and its
Sources
7: Renewed Debate about P
8: The Documentary Theory Revisited
9: Understanding the Final Form of the Pentateuch
Ernest Nicholson is Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
`Review from previous edition the publication of this book is quite
welcome. Nicholson does not merely survey the history of the field
... He reviews many studies in great detail and subjects their
assumptions, their reasoning, and their treatment of sample
passages to a close analysis. This well-written book is both
crucial reading for Pentateuch specialists and an excellent aid for
other biblicists who need to keep abreast of the revolutions
and
counter-revolutions that have taken place in Pentateuchal
criticism.'
Benjamin D. Sommer, Review of Biblical Literature.
`This book ... treats the gamut of modern Christian scholarship on
the Pentateuch in the last two centuries, and this comprehensive
approach proves extremely useful.'
Benjamin D. Sommer, Review of Biblical Literature.
`the book genuinely helps make recent challenges to the Documentary
Hypothesis more accessible even as it defends the older view.'
Benjamin D. Sommer, Review of Biblical Literature.
Regardless of whether one agrees with Nicholson's judgements ...
his comprehensive analysis of modern Christian scholarship on the
Pentateuch renders this book crucial to all further discussion; the
book must be placed on reading lists for all graduate students and
scholars.
`Throughout the book he is in dialogue with the major scholars in
the biblical field. Though most of them are German, their positions
are carefully explained so that the reader will readily understand
the argument ... the book should be in theological libraries.'
The Bible Today, vol 37, No 5 September/October 1999
`It is a clearly written description of a complicated topic. The
volume is a significant contribution to contemporary Pentateuchal
studies.'
W. H. Bellinger, Jr, Religious Studies Review
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