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Wellhausen's hypothesis

Wellhausen's hypothesis proper noun: the hypothesis that the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) was derived from originally independent, parallel, and complete narratives, which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of redactors.

Proper noun

Wellhausen's hypothesis

  1. The hypothesis that the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) was derived from originally independent, parallel, and complete narratives, which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of redactors.

Origin of Wellhausen's hypothesis

Named after the German biblical scholar and orientalist Julius Wellhausen.

Questions about Wellhausen's hypothesis

What does Wellhausen's hypothesis mean?
Wellhausen's hypothesis means the hypothesis that the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) was derived from originally independent, parallel, and complete narratives, which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of redactors.
What part of speech is Wellhausen's hypothesis?
Wellhausen's hypothesis is a proper noun.

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