Sa mu el 12 earlier one, and the second containing theological and schematic components, hence it should be regarded as the later one . Karl Budde took it one step further by identifying these two sources with ) 1902 ( J and E, which had been identified earlier as main components in the Pentateuch’s compilation ; while Otto Eissfeldt ( 1966 : 268 - 281 ) added to it another earlier component, the L source . At a later stage, according to this view, these hypothetical sources underwent edito - rial changes by the Deuteronomistic School . R . H . Pfeiffer ( 1948 : attempted to reconstruct the earlier sources of the Book of ) 307 - 235 Samuel and to delineate the sparse Deuteronomistic editorial work that completed the book . The basic assumption of this method is that historiographical and theological elements as well as ideas that were integrated in the discrete sources and the editorial layers would better reflect the later times of its late authors and editors rather than the earlier ...
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