History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4: From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century (Biblia.com)

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This volume in History of Biblical Interpretation surveys the lives and works of significant theologians, lay people, politicians, and philosophers who represent the attitudes of their era. Largely concerning the development of biblical criticism, it begins with the controversy over the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament and extends into Enlightenment ethics, myth, and miracle stories....

of the historical books were placed within an encompassing Deuteronomistic edition. The investigation of the sources, to be sure, is not an end in itself, but rather seeks to make certain the basis for the reconstruction of the history of Israel that for Wellhausen is a history of religion. The next step for Wellhausen consisted in securing the historical place of the Priestly code, that is, the Mosaic law, by means of wide-ranging investigations. This occurs in the Prolegomenena zur Geschichte Israels.

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