In the early decades of the 20th century this debate was dominated by the documentary hypothesis.
In time the documentary hypothesis emerged from these studies.
In terms of the documentary hypothesis, the narrative can be allocated to the E source.
Under the documentary hypothesis, the list is believed to have originally been a distinct and separate source text.
Its place in the documentary hypothesis is anomalous, as it, unlike the other four, consists of a single "source".
The resulting argument, called the documentary hypothesis, remained the dominant model among biblical scholars until later in the 20th century.
The book remains the most complete critique to date of the documentary hypothesis by a mainstream biblical scholar.
He is credited with being one of the originators of the documentary hypothesis.
A documentary hypothesis for the relationship between Q and Thomas must be ruled out.
The second, the "supplementary" model, had been popular before the documentary hypothesis dominated the field and has re-emerged since the 1970s.