Charles — Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Vol. I — Section 464
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Work: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament — Vol. I
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hsu_df12a89b-ec56-42e2-91f7-0271642ffd26This identity belongs to this edition’s reading. Cross-witness correspondence awaits review.
R. H. Charles ed. 1913, Vol. I
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Internal Contradictions and Signs of Non-unity. (1) In the Introduction (i. 3-iii. 17) and Conclusion certain difficulties of this nature have led to the denial of the originality or genuineness of these sections either as a whole or in part. The change, however, from the narration in the first person in i. I-iii. 6 to that in the third in the subsequent chapters is not inexplicable. It was necessitated by the summary of Sarah’s previous history (iii. 7-15) and the author’s desire to paint in his own inimitable manner the contrast between the reader on the one hand, who has been initiate…
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- R. H. Charles, ed., 1913 — Internet Archive
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- English
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