The Documentary Hypothesis - Revision history

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	After careful analysis, it doesn’t seem that the Documentary Hypothesis presents any real challenges to Restoration scripture at this time.		After careful analysis, it doesn’t seem that the Documentary Hypothesis presents any real challenges to Restoration scripture at this time.

	~~=Further reading=~~		{{To learn more box:Bible: documentary hypothesis}}{{blankline}}
	*Jeffrey Bradshaw, "[https:~~//www.fairmormon.org/blog/tag/~~documentary-hypothesis ~~Did Moses Write the Book of Genesis? (Old Testament Gospel Doctrine 3B)]". This article examines the Book of Moses in relation to the Documentary Hypothesis~~
	*John Sorenson, "[https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V10N04_33.pdf The 'Brass Plates' and Biblical Scholarship]". This article argues that the Book of Mormon reflects what we expect from source criticism to be on the brass plates during Nephi's day—especially the E source.
	*{{~~Dialogue:Barney:Reflections\|pages=57–99~~}}. This article offers reflections of the Documentary Hypothesis in relation to restoration scripture and provides a historical survey of reactions among Latter-day Saint leaders and scholars as they have approached it.
	*Avram R. Shannon, "The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon," in ''They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon'', ed. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2022), 249–75. This book chapter reflects on the Book of Mormon and its use of the different pentateuchal sources. It provides helpful insights for reconciling any criticism that arises against the Book of Mormon because of the DH.

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	===The Documentary Hypothesis is the claim that the Books of Moses—consisting of Genesis to Deuteronomy—are the product of four authors and four different perspectives on the founding myths of the nation of Israel.===		===The Documentary Hypothesis is the claim that the Five Books of Moses—consisting of Genesis to Deuteronomy—are the product of four authors and four different perspectives on the founding myths of the nation of Israel.===

	As explained by scholars Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, the ''Documentary Hypothesis'' (commonly referred to as the "DH") is “a theory concerning the origins of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses) that [argues that the Pentateuch is composed of various sources that were] combined and revised over several centuries from varying historical and theological points of view.” These sources, according to source critics (scholars who study authorship of scriptures) who argue for the DH, “could be (fairly) precisely dated and placed in an evolutionary sequence…A J (Yahwist) document (ca. 850 B.C.E.) and an E (Elohist) document (ca. 750 B.C.E.) were, according to this hypothesis, combined by a redactor (RJE) around 650 B.C.E.; the Deuteronomic Code (621 B.C.E., called D) was added by a redactor (RD) around 550 B.C.E.; the Priestly Code (ca. 450 B.C.E.) constituted the final document added by a redactor (RP) around 400 B.C.E."<ref>Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, ''Handbook of Biblical Criticism'', fourth edition (Louisville, KY: John Knox Westminster Press, 2011), 79.</ref>		As explained by scholars Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, the ''Documentary Hypothesis'' (commonly referred to as the "DH") is “a theory concerning the origins of the Pentateuch (the first five books of Moses) that [argues that the Pentateuch is composed of various sources that were] combined and revised over several centuries from varying historical and theological points of view.” These sources, according to source critics (scholars who study authorship of scriptures) who argue for the DH, “could be (fairly) precisely dated and placed in an evolutionary sequence…A J (Yahwist) document (ca. 850 B.C.E.) and an E (Elohist) document (ca. 750 B.C.E.) were, according to this hypothesis, combined by a redactor (RJE) around 650 B.C.E.; the Deuteronomic Code (621 B.C.E., called D) was added by a redactor (RD) around 550 B.C.E.; the Priestly Code (ca. 450 B.C.E.) constituted the final document added by a redactor (RP) around 400 B.C.E."<ref>Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, ''Handbook of Biblical Criticism'', fourth edition (Louisville, KY: John Knox Westminster Press, 2011), 79.</ref>

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	===The Documentary Hypothesis is the claim that the Books of Moses—consisting of Genesis to Deuteronomy—are the product of four authors and four different perspectives on the founding myths of the nation of Israel.===		===The Documentary Hypothesis is the claim that the Books of Moses—consisting of Genesis to Deuteronomy—are the product of four authors and four different perspectives on the founding myths of the nation of Israel.===