A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah.
Julius Wellhausen Quotes
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings.
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| Birth: | 17th May, 1844 |
| Death: | 7th January, 1918 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Educator, Orientalist, Scholar, Theologian |
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Julius Wellhausen was a German biblical scholar and orientalist, noted particularly for his contribution to scholarly understanding of the origin of the Pentateuch/Torah. He is credited with being one of the originators of the documentary hypothesis.
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