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6421 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2a.22

… critical argument is provided by doublets or duplicate narratives of the same event, e.g. Genesis 16:1 - 16 and Genesis 21:1 - 34. These are particularly numerous …

6422 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2a.23

… the argument from the laws and their supposed historical setting. By far the most important portions of this are examined in SANCTUARY and PRIESTS AND LEVITES …

6423 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2a.24

… ) The Argument from Style. The argument from style is less easy to exemplify shortly, since it depends so largely on an immense mass of details. It is said that …

6424 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.2

… the arguments rest on late corruptions and by explaining the true origin of the difficulties on which the critics rely.

6425 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.3

… and arguments cannot be given here, but Professor Schlogl has made an exhaustive examination of the various texts from Genesis 1:1 to Exodus 3:12. Out of a total …

6426 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.11

… examine arguments that rest on other foundations. The doublets have been cited, but when we examine the instances more carefully, some curious facts emerge …

6427 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.12

… Critical Argument from the Laws. The legal arguments are due to a variety of misconceptions, the washing out of the historical background and the state of …

6428 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.13

… ) The Argument from Style. Just as this argument is too detailed to be set out in a work like the present, so the answer cannot be given with any degree of fullness …

6429 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.14

… . Circular arguments are extremely common: it is first alleged that some phenomenon is characteristic of a particular source; then passages are referred …

6430 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.17

… critical argument. Jeremiah and the subsequent literature certainly exhibit the influence of Deuteronomy, but a Book of the Law was admittedly found in …

6431 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.18

… of argument are provided by the abundant internal evidences of date. In Genesis 10:19, we read the phrase "as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah …

6432 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.22

… the arguments already adduced and of the legal evidence to be considered, the most reasonable explanation is to be found in a theory of contemporary authorship …

6433 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.35

… ." That argument would apply, e.g. to the necessity for two witnesses in the case of Naboth. That is a law of D, but those who assign Deuteronomy to the reign of Josiah …

6434 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.38

… the arguments for and against the detailed case might not be prejudiced by other considerations. We must now glance at some of the broader issues. The first …

6435 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.39

… this argument too far. It cannot be doubted that the exile had meant a considerable break in the historical continuity of the national development; but yet …

6436 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.41

… the argument clear. We must suppose that the author of P deliberately provided that if Levites approached the altar both they and the priests should die …

6437 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 3.14

… the argument--that we have here a literal report of what was said. This entirely ignores the practice of all literary artists. Such passages are to be read as …

6438 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 3.25

… the argument from the very obvious good faith of the speeches in Deuteronomy. It is not possible to read the references to events in such a chapter as Deuteronomy …

6439 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 3.26

… converse argument applies. A Sinai cannot be made part of a nation’s consciousness by a clever story-teller or a literary forger. The unparalleled nature …

6440 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, the Samaritan.31

… for argumentative reasons, in order to prove the necessity for the intervention of the church to settle which was Scripture. A fierce controversy resulted …