Another methodological problem with the Documentary Hypothesis, which many scholars have noted, is that it is a massive exercise in circular reasoning. How do we know if a passage belongs to J, E, D, ...

It might seem that the absurdity of this kind of reasoning should be quite obvious when it occurs, but its use can be quite hard to spot. In the process mentioned above, for example, the inter­vening ...

Introduction Mathematicians get excited about the discovery of mathematical relationships. They look at the world around them in terms of numbers, formulas and equations. Mathematics is fun and ...