Double Redaction of the Deuteronomistic History

Download or read book Double Redaction of the Deuteronomistic History written by Richard Nelson-Jones and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1982-02-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Noth argued that in the books of Joshua-Kings could be seen the work of a single, purposeful author or historian-a hypothesis which, although close to becoming one of those rare 'assured results of critical scholarship', has recently encountered criticism. Nelson observes that Noth's historian has a 'disturbing tendency to fall apart in the hands of those who work with him'. In this comprehensive study of the question, he attempts to put on a solid critical foundation the increasingly popular theory that the Deutoronomistic History is a product of a two-stage literary process.