documentary hypothesis

English

Etymology

Calque of German Urkundenhypothese.

Proper noun

documentary hypothesis

(theology) The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents. [ca. 1840]
- 1842, The Princeton Review, volume 14, page 205:
  Out of this rare discovery have sprung the documentary hypothesis, the fragmentary hypothesis, and we know not how many more hypotheses, each of which has been maintained for a time, as self-evidently true, and then exploded.

Translations

literary-critical theory about the Penteteuch

Dutch: oorkondenhypothese f
French: hypothèse documentaire (fr) f
German: Urkundenhypothese f
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: hipótese documental f, hipótese documentária f
Russian: документа́льная гипо́теза f (dokumentálʹnaja gipóteza)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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