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Joel S. Baden
J, E, and the Redaction
of the Pentateuch
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Joel S.Baden,born1977;2002M.A.inNorthwestSemiticsfromtheUniversity
ofChicago;2007Ph.D.inHebrewBiblefromHarvardUniversity;currentlyAssis-
tantProfessorofOldTestamentattheYaleDivinitySchool.
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Acknowledgments
This book is a revision of my dissertation, completed at Harvard Univer-
sity in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. My
thanksgotomyadvisoratHarvard,PeterMachinist,whowassupportive
ofthisprojectfrombeginningtoend;JoAnnHackett,forgivingfreelyof
bothherteachingandherfriendship;John HuehnergardandDennisPar-
dee, for encouraging me in my Hebrew and other Semitic studies, for this
and other projects; Benjamin Sommer,forbeing thefirst toshowme how
sourcecriticismshouldbedone;JohnCollins,CarolynSharp,andHarold
Attridge for their support in my first years at Yale; and Robert Wilson,
whostartedmeonthepathofbiblicalscholarship.
AspecialdebtofgratitudeisowedtoBaruchSchwartz,withoutwhom
this book certainly never would have been written - he is an exemplary
scholar, a marvelous teacher, and, above all, simply the finest mentor a
student,colleague,orfriendcouldwishfor.
Thanks are due to Richard Elliot Friedman and John Van Seters for
allowing me advance looks at forthcoming works. Numerous friends and
colleagues contributed through reading, listening, and commenting, fore-
most among them Jeffrey Stackert, Simi Chavel, Candida Moss, Jeremy
Hutton, and Cory Crawford. Stewart Moore assisted with some early
proofreading,andBradHoldenwasindispensabletotheeditingandcom-
pletionofthisbook.IamindebtedtoMarkSmithforbothacceptingthis
book into the FAT series and for innumerable contributions and correc-
tions.
More than anyone else, of course, I am most grateful to my family: to
my wife, Gillian, whose support never wavered for an instant throughout
the years it took to bring this project to fruition; to my daughter, Zara,
who conveniently only showed up for the good parts at the end; and to
Aviva, whose absence is felt even and especially in our times of greatest
joy.
Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................... 1
Chapter One: The Scholarly Origins of JE.................. 11
HermannHupfeld....................................... 13
KarlHeinrichGraf ...................................... 19
AbrahamKuenen ....................................... 24
JuliusWellhausen ....................................... 27
AugustDillmann........................................ 37
EduardRiehm.......................................... 40
Conclusion ............................................ 43
Chapter Two: JE and the Documentary Hypothesis
in the Twentieth Century................................ 45
HermannGunkel........................................ 46
GerhardvonRadandMartinNoth.......................... 48
RudolfSmend,OttoEissfeldt,etal........................... 51
PaulVolzandWilhelmRudolph ............................ 54
RolfRendtorff,etal. ..................................... 60
BrevardChilds.......................................... 78
JohnVanSeters......................................... 85
RichardE.Friedman..................................... 94
Conclusion ............................................ 97
Chapter Three: The Relationship of D to Jand E............ 99
Deut1:9–18:Appointingofjudges .......................... 106
Deut1:19–45:Thespies................................... 114
Deut2:2–3:11:Edom,Sihon,andOg ........................ 130
Deut3:12–20:ApportioningtheTransjordan................... 141
Deut4:10–14;5:2–5,19–28;9:8–21,25–10:5:Horeb............. 153
Deut8:15–16:Testinginthewilderness....................... 172
Deut9:22–24:Additionalexamplesofdisobedienceinthewilderness 173
Deut10:6–9:TravelandtheLevites. ......................... 179
