Documentary Hypothesis

Furthermore, the Documentary Hypothesis can answer Brick’s question, as to why there are so many repetitions and contraindications in the Bible. There are four separate authors who added onto the previous authors writings and edited them, as well. For example, the book of Gen. 1: 11-12, 26, 27 stating, “Trees were created before the first human was created”, was written by the Priestly author. However, in the next chapter, Gen. 2: 4-9 it states, “The first human was created before trees were created.”, which was written by the Yahwist author. Though these authors may have not noticed the contraindications between each other, they are a read as a profound spiritual story. Therefore, the author decided to hold onto both stories and either add