grew and developed into the final form of the book that we now have in the postexilic period.75 Rogerson helpfully summarizes the main points of de Wette’s Contributions. I will paraphrase them as follows: 1. Chronicles is late in composition; it reveals the religion of Israel in the postexilic period. 2. The Pentateuch as a whole is a late compilation. 3. The traditions recounted in the Pentateuch provide no reliable information about the empirical history and genesis of Israel in its presettlement
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