Summary in form and popular in presentation, this book provides a masterly exposition of the Documentary Hypothesis and subjects its exegetical methods and conclusions to a critical probe. Cassuto challenges the widely held theory that the Pentateuch is an amalgam of fragments excised from various source documents of different authorship, date, style and outlook.

Summary in form and popular in presentation, this book provides a masterly exposition of the Documentary Hypothesis and subjects its exegetical methods and conclusions to a critical probe. Cassuto challenges the widely held theory that the Pentateuch is an amalgam of fragments excised from various source documents of different authorship, date, style and outlook.