Discuss the documentary hypothesis as advocated by Julius Wellhausen during 1844-1918?

Answer 1

The documentary hypothesis, proposed by Julius Wellhausen, suggests that the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, were written by multiple authors over a period of time rather than being solely the work of Moses. Wellhausen argued that four main sources, labeled J, E, D, and P, were woven together to form the Torah. J represents Yahwist, E refers to Elohist, D stands for Deuteronomist, and P represents the Priestly source.ataloader