In the latter half of the 19th century, the German scholar Julius Wellhausen popularized the “documentary ” theory ​ — that the books of Moses are an amalgam of the works of several authors or teams of authors.
Saksa õpetlane Julius Wellhausen populariseeris 19. sajandi teisel poolel „dokumenditeooriat ”, mille kohaselt Moosese raamatud on paljude autorite või autorirühmade tööde sulam.