elegance derives from the observation that the stylistic evidence falls in line with the narrative and thematic distinctions—as long as it is remembered that no single word or phrase or theme must always belong to a single document but may instead be predominant, central, or differently used in one source while still being used in others. Since almost the beginning of the Documentary Hypothesis, scholars have attempted to discern within each source further layers. J was thus divided into J1, J2,