Dating the Old Testament

Dating the Old Testament addresses the subject of when the books of the Bible were written. It explains why the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy are a literary unity and how the Egyptian background for these books support a date of writing during the exodus generation. It provides a detailed critique of the Documentary Hypothesis the theory that Genesis through Joshua were created from four different sources usually labelled J E D and P. It provides extensive evidence that all of Isaiah was written by Isaiah himself and shows why Isaiah may have had a role in the collection and publication of other Old Testament books. It describes why the book of Daniel should be considered a product of the early Persian era and not the much later Maccabean period. The book contains a discussion of how the Hebrew language changed during the Old Testament era and how this can be used to help date the books of the Old Testament.