Wellhausen compares the places of worship, sacrifices, festivals, priests and Levites described in the Old Testament and argues that the priestly law of the Pentateuch came last, after the prophets and the exile, rather than at the beginning of Israel’s history. The English edition, with a preface by W. Robertson Smith, also reprints his Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Israel.
The classic statement of the documentary hypothesis, still essential for anyone studying modern biblical criticism. Download the free EPUB.