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Astruc, Jean
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A French physician and professor of medicine in Paris, now noted as having discovered that the book of Genesis consists of Elohistic and Jehovistic portions, and who by this discovery founded the modern school called of the Higher Criticism (1681-1766).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Astruc, Jean'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/astruc-jean.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.