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    <title>Moses and the law in a century of criticism since Graf</title>
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    <namePart>Thompson, R. J.</namePart>
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    <publisher>E.J. Brill</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1970</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xii, 206 p. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>I. Prologue -- The tradition -- The challenge -- The defence -- Part One: The law by Moses -- the pre-Grafians, 1805-1865 -- II. Before 1805 -- Four preparatory steps -- The isolation of the P document -- The dating of the D document -- The dating of the Levitical laws -- The attack on the cultic history -- III. The years 1805-1865 -- Grafians before Graf -- The answer of de Wette -- The conservative school -- The supplementary hypothesis -- The return to source analysis -- The first Grafians -- IV. Motives for Grafianism -- Evolutionism -- Hegelianism -- Rationalism -- Romanticism -- Summary: Descriptions of P -- Part Two: The law came after -- The Grafians 1865-1925 -- V. The first decade -- The early antagonists -- The early advocates -- VI. The victory of Grafianism -- Wellhausen -- Germany -- Switzerland -- France -- Britain -- America -- 1890-1900 -- VII. Opposition to Grafianism -- Conservative opposition -- Jewish opposition -- Catholic opposition -- Archaeological opposition -- Critical opposition -- VIII. The position in 1925 -- The negative forecast -- The positive forecast -- Summary: Difficulties of P -- Part Three: The law came between -- The post-Grafians 1905-1965 -- IX. New beginnings in 1905 -- The form-critical method -- The tradition-historical method -- X. The old methods continued -- Critical contributions -- Conservative contributions -- Jewish contributions -- Catholic contributions -- Archaeological contributions -- XI. The new methods applied -- The form historical school -- The oral tradition school -- The sanctuary tradition representatives -- XII. The new methods appraised -- XIII. The position in 1965 -- Vies of the religious development -- Views of the literary development -- Summary -- The date of P -- XIV. Epilogue -- A look back -- A look forward.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">R. J. Thompson</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Graf, Karl Heinrich 1815-1869Graf, Karl Heinrich (Theologe)Bible. Pentateuch Criticism, interpretation, etc. History</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BS580.M6.  .T56 1970</classification>
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