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Meaning of documentary hypothesis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents.

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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