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Wellhausen, Julius

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Wellhausen, Julius (1844–1918), German Biblical critic and orientalist. His thesis on the relative dating of the component documents of the Pentateuch (q.v.) aimed at establishing the development of Hebrew religion from a nomadic stage through that of the Prophets to the religion of the Law. His analysis of the Pentateuch became the established orthodoxy in OT scholarship; though challenged from the 1930s, it still has supporters. In his later years he turned to a critical study of the NT on similar lines, but here his conclusions met with less ready acceptance.

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