Table of Contents

Introduction; Part One: The origin and nature of the Graf - Wellhausen Hypothesis; Chapter One: Pre-Grafian Higher Criticism; Chapter Two: Post-Grafian Higher Criticism Part Two: Basic Objections To The Graf - Wellhausen Hypothesis; Chapter Three: The Antiquity Of The Age Of Writing; Chapter Four: The Antiquity Of The Pentateuch; Chapter Five: The Unity Of The Pentateuch Seen From Its Literary Construction Part Three: The Literary Sources Of The Pentateuch; Chapter Six: The Book Of Deuteronomy; Chapter Seven: The Heart Of The Torah; Chapter Eight: The Book Of Genesis Part Four: Positive Form Criticism And The Pentateuch; Chapter Nine: Positive Form Criticism And The Book Of Genesis; Chapter Ten: Positive Form Criticism And The Testimony To Christ Part Five: Propositions And Conclusion; Chapter Eleven: Main Conclusion And Propositions Part Six: Supplementary Studies: The non literary problems of the Pentateuch Supplement One: The Problem Of The Levites Supplement Two: The Credibility Of Genesis Part Seven: Appendices, Glossary, And Bibliography; Appendix I: The Order And Divisions Of The Books Of The Hebrew Canon; Appendix II: The Ugaritic Alphabet; Appendix III: Table Of Hebrew Alphabets; Appendix IV: IV Ezra 14:1 - 50; Appendix V: The Covenant Book; Appendix VI: The Usage Of choq And chuqqah; Appendix VII: The Usage Of mishpat, shephetim, And shephet; Appendix VIII: The Usage Of mitzvah; Appendix IX: The Overlapping Of The Lifespans Of The Patriarchs; Appendix X: The Descent Of Samuel; Appendix XI: The Age Of Terah At The Birth Of Abraham; Appendix XII: Further Evidence For The Views Of Kikawada and Quinn; Glossary; Bibliography

About the Author

The author was born in 1953 into an Anglo-Irish family, was educated at a private Roman Catholic school, attended Mass regularly, served as an altar-boy, and received Confirmation at the age of eleven. By his late teens he had rejected Catholicism and belief in God, for the occult, and was to be trained by a local witch. Before this training could begin he was taken badly ill and nearly died. During this crisis, he prayed for the first time in years, and promised to turn back to God if He would but spare his life. At that moment his recovery began, and he started to search for God and His Truth. Through many different incidents, by God's Grace, he was led to an unqualified and most literal acceptance of the Scriptures, and of the Atonement wrought by Christ for our forgiveness, pardon, justification, and sanctification. He is now an honorary member of the Academic Faculty of The European Theological Seminary and College Of The Bible, in the capacity of Researcher and Examiner.