Jean Astruc (mar 19, 1684 – may 5, 1766)
Description:
French, first to try to demonstrate, by using the techniques of textual analysis that were commonplace in studying the secular classics, the theory that Genesis was composed based on several sources or manuscript traditions, an approach now called the documentary hypothesis.Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 19, 1684
may 5, 1766
~ 82 years
