Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman - Great Read, Great Insights

J, P, E, and D are the names scholars have given to some authors of the Bible, and, as such, they are very important letters to a lot of people. Churches have died and been born, and millions of people have lost faith or found it, because of the last two centuries of debate about who, exactly, wrote the canonical texts of Christianity and Judaism. Richard Elliott Friedmans survey of this debate, in Who Wrote the Bible?, may be the best written popular book about this question. Without condescension or high-flown academic language, Friedman carefully describes the history of textual criticism of the Bible--a subject on which his authority is unparalleled (Friedman has contributed voluminously to the authoritative Anchor Bible Dictionary). But this book is not just smart. Perhaps even more impressive than Friedmans erudition is his sensitivity to the power of textual criticism to influence faith. --Michael Joseph Gross

Great Read, Great Insights
The book focuses on the identity and origins of the writers of the Hebrew Bible. While Friedman presents his hypothesis on who wrote the major sections, he does so in such a way as to preserve the academic integrity of the research he conducted. The style is designed for the layperson, and is secular in approach. Those looking for an apologetic or religious text should probably look elsewhere.

Strongly recommended as an intro text, or to anyone looking for a very readable text on Biblical origins.

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