Dating Deuteronomy: The Wellhausen Fallacy (Biblia.com)

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The Torah was recognized as a unit before the separation between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This book challenges established biblical scholarship derived from two assumptions of the Wellhausen Fallacy: a) Deuteronomy could not have been written before the time of Josiah (650 BCE); b) The existence of a group of redactors in the fifth century BCE or later. The first premise is based on the...

There is no independent evidence indicating that Deuteronomy was composed during the Josianic period. This theory relies entirely on exegesis, which is always open to revision.51 Segal points out that Deuteronomy does not refer to any of topics relevant to the time of Josiah.52 It does not mention Manasseh, the bamoth, any of the sanctuaries, or the divided kingdom. On the other hand the author does not tire in his constant descriptions of his hearers as being about to cross the Jordan into Canaan,

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