English Explanatory Dictionary

documentary hypothesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents.

Word forms

documentary hypothesis

Etymology

Calque of German Urkundenhypothese.

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