The Making of the Pentateuch Pentateuchal origins the composition and dates of the first five books of the Old Testament. In the closing decades of the 19th century Julius Wellhausen published "Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels", in which he had set out the definitive version of the historical development of the Hebrew bible. According to this hypothesis, the Pentateuch Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy was originally four separate documents, retelling the same episodes and stories, but with differing emphases designed to further the theological and political agendas of their authors. Their combination by a Redactor (editor) into a single narrative spread over five books had
The Brick Testament The site now contains over 400 illustrated stories, from both the Old and New Testaments, and over 4,500 images. It had an Alexa traffic rank of 53,191 in April 2007. Each story is tagged if it contains nudity, sexual content, violence and/or cursing. The website has had over two million visitors. Several hardcover Brick Testament books have been published, "The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis", "The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas", "The Brick Testament: The Ten Commandments"., and "The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament". The US retailer Sam's Club withdrew "The Brick