Prolegomena to the History of IsraelOriginally Published by Scholars Press Now Available from Duke University PressJulius Wellhausens Prolegomena to the History of Israel, first published in German in 1878, ranks among the best known and most influential studies ever produced by a biblical scholar. In it Wellhausen seeks to determine how one can draw historical conclusions from the documentary sources identified in the biblical text. Focusing on religious practices and on the