The Shaphan group

By Preston Kavanagh

Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism), Bible, authorship, Historiography, Authorship, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t., Bible, Bible, historiography

Description: "A group of authors led by Shaphan, King Josiah's secretary, wrote some three hundred chapters of scripture--one-third of the Hebrew Bible. For the first time ever, we can learn the names of those who composed Joshua, Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Songs, Daniel, and half the minor prophets. (Probabilities throughout the book strongly support these findings.) Moreover, those authors together constitute Dtr, the long-sought editors of Deuteronomy through Second kings. One of the most important discoveries of the Shaphan group is that Huldah the prophetess signed many chapters of Hebrew Scripture. Judged from her use of coded writing, Huldah was arguably the most accomplished writer among the group's fifteen authors. She was joined by the Priestly Source and Second Isaiah (both of whom are named), as well as others--unrecognized until now--who risked their lives to shape the Hebrew Bible."--Publisher.