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[Carrol Cox]

I haven't been following this closely, but has anyone mentioned Bloom's
theory that (I think) J was a woman living in the court of King Solomon.
He works this out in an introduction to a translation of just that part
of Genesis. I have it on my bookshelf someplace but can't put my hands
on it just now. It may have been one of the other strands than J. I
can't remember now.

Carrol

Kenneth MacKendrick wrote:
> 
> At 07:01 PM 10/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >incidentally, part of the problem with source criticism is that if you think
> >there was a "J", then it begs the question, who was J? likewise E, P, and D.
> >this is where the fun of biblical criticism begins! :-) here is where i
> >think alter, for example, is on the mark: source criticism and redaction
> >criticism really only tell you so much. i believe they're helpful, but in
> >the end, there's the text, as it is, and you have to deal with it as such if
> >it's going to mean anything.
> 
> We run into the same (fascinating) problem with 'Q' - the hypothetical oral
> tradition that is the source for the synoptic gospels.
> 
> Eventually... I'll get back to all of this.
> 
> detour de lacan,
> ken