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William Henry Green and the authoriship of the pentateuch: Some historical considerations
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I. INTRODUCTION
One of the dominant figures from Princeton Theological Seminary of the late nineteenth century was William Henry Green (1825-1900), Helena Professor of Oriental and Old Testament Literature.1 His many writings on the Pentateuch,2 Hebrew grammar,3 and other topics4 readily attest to his scholarly acumen and the profound degree to which he had internalized the primary and secondary literature. Green's reputation, however, was largely built around his defense of Princeton...
