English Dictionary

documentary hypothesis

固有名詞

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

日本語の意味

文書仮説：ペンテテウク（モーセ五書）が、元々は独立した複数（一般には四つ）の主要な文書から構成されているという神学的仮説

During the seminar, she argued that the documentary hypothesis provides the best explanation for the varying styles and repetitions in the Pentateuch.

セミナーで、彼女はモーセ五書が本来は二つ以上、通常は四つの独立した主要文書から成るという仮説が、五書に見られる文体の違いや反復を最もうまく説明すると主張した。

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.