This is the final installment of my review of the documentary hypothesis (the JEDP theory) and the book, Before Abraham Was: A Provocative Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis, by Kikawada and Quinn. All page references point to it. In Parts I-V I have attempted to make a case for my own rejection of the documentary …
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Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Documentary Hypothesis (5)
This is Part V of my review of the so-called Old Testament documentary hypothesis (the JEDP theory) and the book, Before Abraham Was: A Provocative Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis, by Kikawada and Quinn. All page references point to it. Kikawada and Quinn take pains to show the thread of overpopulation and population control that …
Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Documentary Hypothesis (4)
This is Part IV of my review of the Old Testament documentary hypothesis (a.k.a. the JEDP theory) and the book, Before Abraham Was: A Provocative Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis, by Kikawada and Quinn. All page references point to it. In Part III I introduced the idea that Genesis was connected by its form and …
Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Connectedness of Ancient Cultures (3)
This is Part III of my review of the documentary hypothesis/JEDP theory and the book, Before Abraham Was: A Provocative Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis, by Kikawada and Quinn. All page references point to it. Many Noahs, Many Floods In the previous installment of this series, I showed how Noah’s flood was a critical test …
Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Documentary Hypothesis (2)
This is Part II of my seven part series of the documentary hypothesis (the so-called JEDP theory of the Old Testament) and the book, Before Abraham Was: A Provocative Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis by Kikawada and Quinn. All page references point to it. In Part I, I gave basic definitions for the discussion (along …
Genesis: Before Abraham Was and the Documentary Hypothesis (1)
This series came in seven installments: an Intro, then Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Because I am preaching through Genesis it seems fair to introduce the Old Testament documentary hypothesis (sometimes called the JEDP theory), its relationship to Genesis studies, and my reasons for rejecting it. Instead of working from scratch it …