Did Moses write Genesis?
English: Dead Sea Scroll - part of Isaiah Scroll (Isa 57:17 - 59:9), 1QIsa b (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Wellhausen . The relative dates for these four sources are disputed. The order could be PEJD or EJDP. In his 1878 “Documentary Hypothesis” (Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel), Wellhausen proposed that the J Source was composed in the mid- 10th century BC ; the E Source in mid- ninth century BC ; the D Source in the late-seventh century BC; and the P Source at the end of the sixth century BC. He argued that editors (redactors) first combined JE, then JED, and finally JEDP by the mid-fifth century. He also examined Exodus, concluding that J and E are presented separately in parts of Exod 1–19 and merged with each other and/or P in parts of Exod 1–19. He argued that P is dominant in the legal portions and tabernacle accounts of Exod 20–40. Criticisms of Wellhausen. Wellhausen’s hypothesis was widely—but not universally—accepted. Sayce, Keil, Delitzsch, Cassuto, Ha