English Dictionary

documentary hypothesis

name

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

The documentary hypothesis is a theory that suggests that the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, were not written by a single author, but rather by multiple authors over a long period of time.

意味（1）

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

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.