Fragment hypothesis
The so-called fragment hypothesis was based on numerous, previously independent narrative wreaths , which were only gradually worked together to form a complete narrative .
Research understands a narrative wreath to be a self-contained group of episodes on a specific topic or a specific person, such as the stories about the progenitor Abraham or the Flood .
The English pastor Alexander Geddes (1737–1802) and the German researcher Johann Severin Vater were representatives of the fragment hypothesis .
literature
- Fuller, Reginald Cuthbert: Alexander Geddes, 1737-1802: a pioneer of biblical criticism . Sheffield: Almond Press, 1984. (Historic texts and interpreters in Biblical scholarship; 3)