In Berossus and Genesis I argued that literary dependence of the Pentateuch on various Hellenistic sources pointed to a date of composition in 273-272 BCE. Your argument regarding Pyrrhus represents yet another independent line of evidence pointing to the same conclusion.
Greek literary influences are present throughout the Primary History (Genesis-Kings). Greek literary influences on the book of Judges in specific have been studied (and in my opinion convincingly established) by a number of scholars (Spronk 2015; Römer 2015; Louden 2019).
You should feel complimented that James Davila actually read your article. He posted brief reviews of two of my books on Paleojudaica without having read either of them, pointing to the lack of Greek loan words as sufficient reason to dismiss a Hellenistic dating of the Pentateuch. He is evidently unaware that the Qumran Hebrew of the second and first centuries BCE displays a similar absence of Greek loan words (Qimron 1986: 117), since the same logic would seemingly date the Dead Sea Scrolls to pre-Hellenistic times.
Louden, Bruce. Greek Myth and the Bible. London: Routledge, 2019.
Qimron, Elisha. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986.
Römer, Thomas. “The Hebrew Bible and Greek Philosophy and Mythology – Some Case Studies.” Semitica 57 (2015): 185-193.
Spronk, Klaas. “Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek Literature,” in Open-mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking. M.C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe (eds.), 261-27. LHB/OTS 616. London, Bloomsbury, 2015.
In Berossus and Genesis I argued that literary dependence of the Pentateuch on various Hellenistic sources pointed to a date of composition in 273-272 BCE. Your argument regarding Pyrrhus represents yet another independent line of evidence pointing to the same conclusion.
Greek literary influences are present throughout the Primary History (Genesis-Kings). Greek literary influences on the book of Judges in specific have been studied (and in my opinion convincingly established) by a number of scholars (Spronk 2015; Römer 2015; Louden 2019).
You should feel complimented that James Davila actually read your article. He posted brief reviews of two of my books on Paleojudaica without having read either of them, pointing to the lack of Greek loan words as sufficient reason to dismiss a Hellenistic dating of the Pentateuch. He is evidently unaware that the Qumran Hebrew of the second and first centuries BCE displays a similar absence of Greek loan words (Qimron 1986: 117), since the same logic would seemingly date the Dead Sea Scrolls to pre-Hellenistic times.
Louden, Bruce. Greek Myth and the Bible. London: Routledge, 2019.
Qimron, Elisha. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986.
Römer, Thomas. “The Hebrew Bible and Greek Philosophy and Mythology – Some Case Studies.” Semitica 57 (2015): 185-193.
Spronk, Klaas. “Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek Literature,” in Open-mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking. M.C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe (eds.), 261-27. LHB/OTS 616. London, Bloomsbury, 2015.