Minute Paper Documentary Hypothesis

At this point in the progression of biblical analysis, it is almost universally accepted that Moses alone did not write the Pentateuch. Scholars agree to an extent on the Documentary Hypothesis–that the Pentateuch has multiple authors–but there is much disagreement as to how many authors contributed, and in what order. Also important is the distinction between each author’s styles; J, E, and P focus on specific aspects of God’s relationship with man and the nature of God himself, and these differences reveal the values of the time periods they lived in.