Current state of biblical studies Prejudice, confusion and antisemitism

Abstract

This paper looks for to contribute to the debate about the course of biblical studies, from Wellhausen's proposal to recent years. In this way, and in the most rigorous manner possible, the proposals of the leading exegetes are presented, as well as their omissions and limitations. With very few exceptions, it attempts to demonstrate that there are certain lines of consensus among these authors that, rather than favouring biblical studies, have actually impoverished them. One of these consensuses refers to the progressively late dating of the sources, which demonstrates a certain difficulty in legitimizing any early Hebrew antecedents to the biblical account, with an increasing emphasis on highlighting the apparently structuring role of the return from the Babylonian exile as a determining factor, which ultimately confuses and further impedes biblical