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The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings.

Julius Wellhausen

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Julius Wellhausen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1844
Born: May 17
Died: 1918
Died: January 7
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