I realize that we accept what the Bible says about itself when considering authorship and time of writing. So this question addresses what is published in the generally liberal "scholarly" world.
Is the strand theory still the popularly accepted way to describe the writings of the Old Testament -- P for priestly strand, E for Elohim etc. -- the writers whose work was woven together to form the texts?
I am reading something dated 2004 stating that this view of the writing of the Torah is the accepted "scholarly" view. I thought this had largely been debunked. Or is it just the separation of J and E that has been discarded?
Is the strand theory still the popularly accepted way to describe the writings of the Old Testament -- P for priestly strand, E for Elohim etc. -- the writers whose work was woven together to form the texts?
I am reading something dated 2004 stating that this view of the writing of the Torah is the accepted "scholarly" view. I thought this had largely been debunked. Or is it just the separation of J and E that has been discarded?