chapter 4. Cf. Shaw (1993). The word šimʿû occurs six times in the book (twice in chapter 6); it does not seem to be a very secure diagnostic for such a far-reaching conclusion. So far as chapters 6–7 are concerned, it was an early conclusion, due mainly to Wellhausen (1898: 149), that 7:7(or 8)–20 was a distinct piece, a later addition. This, too, has stood the test of time. In similar fashion other passages, large or small, have been identified as later comments modifying, even contradicting,