John Van Seters socio-historical study of the Pentateuch will be re-issued in October of this year.
The basic scheme is as follows:
= Dtrn (7th century)
= Josh to 2nd Kings (= DtrH the deuteronomistic historian) (early exilic period)
= Gen/Ex/Lev/Num (formerly J) (late exilic period)
= Pentateuch redaction under P in post-exilic times
The biggest worry I have with this is that it puts the Davidic/Salomonic United Kingdom too late. Under this view, it is not a theological retroprojection of the Josianic Reform movement that is to be restored, but entirely without historical context. That's a bit too radical even for my tastes.
(see the 2004 edition http://books.google.at/books… for details)
Finkelstein, The Forgotten Kingdom, 2013, pp.142f, challenges any date for the Jacob cycle after 722 bc, because in the 8th century prophecies of Hosea 12, the cycle is assumed.
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