More Recent Scholarship on Who Wrote the Pentateuch

May 15, 2021 NaN
More Recent Scholarship on Who Wrote the Pentateuch
Ehrman Blog Daily Post Podcasts
More Recent Scholarship on Who Wrote the Pentateuch

May 15 2021 | NaN

/

Show Notes

I am now nearly finished talking about the “Documentary Hypothesis” devised by scholars of the Hebrew Bible to account for the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.  I have already discussed the traditional view developed in the nineteenth century, especially as it was laid out by Julius Wellhausen (the JEDP hypothesis).   But that was a long time ago.  What do scholars say today? Read by Sam Devis

Other Episodes

Episode

December 19, 2022 0:00:00
Episode Cover

Writing Forgeries to Show the Truth

Drawing from his book Forged, Bart notes that "pseudonymous" Christian writings were a type of falsehood, whatever the writer's motivation. Read by John Paul...

Listen

Episode 0

August 10, 2021 NaN
Episode Cover

Finally: Cephas and Peter. What Do I Really Think?

I have recently finished republishing a series of posts from years ago that explored the tradition that Peter and Cephas were in fact two...

Listen

Episode 0

June 07, 2020 NaN
Episode Cover

Two Ancient Jesuses and the Current Crises

Dr. Ehrman compares an incident from the book of Joshua to The Good Samaritan to find paradigms for how we should treat the "other."

Listen