Linguistic Evidence for the Pre-Exilic Date of the Yahwistic Source

by Richard M. Wright

For the past few decades a growing number of scholars have attempted to overthrow the traditional Wellhausian view that the so-called 'Yahwist' or 'J' source of the Pentateuch is the oldest of the four major sources. These scholars have argued that J was composed during the exilic or post-exilic periods of ancient Israel. Their arguments have focused on the literary, historiographic, and theological characteristics of 'J'. This book attempts to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567041212
• ISBN13: 9780567041210
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.6"