The Documentary Hypothesis,  Answers

1. What is the Documentary Hypothesis?
   1. The Documentary Hypothesis is the theory that the first five books of the Bible were written by four different authors and that the authors are detectable through the different styles of writing, allegedly found, in those books.   
      
      
       
2. What are some critical issues when refuting the Documentary Hypothesis?
   1. Some critical issues when refuting the Documentary Hypothesis are 1) Those approaching the Bible with this theory have strong presuppositions denying the inspiration of the Bible.  2) The critics are claiming "they are able to decide exactly what a writer could or could not say, and on this basis to determine what part of the document belongs or does not belong to him."  3) Different subjects require different styles of writing, so we would expect differences of style in the first five books of Moses since there are different subjects addressed.  4) Jesus attributed the first five books of the Bible to Moses.