1. Even though it has sometimes been suggested that poetry is less edited than prose, we actually did not find this to be the case in regard to the less common linguistic features that are the focus of this debate. Indeed, there is almost a complete lack of overlap in such features between the MT parallel poetic texts of 2 Samuel 22// Psalm 18 (see HLBH, pp.156-59, 413-21 and Young's “Starting at the Beginning with Archaic Biblical Hebrew,” Hebrew Studies 58 (2017): 99-118).
2. We tend to follow the majority of scholars in viewing the Pentateuch as having a long compositional history. We don't know the particulars well enough to comment on Russell Gmirkin's work, sorry.
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for these questions.
1. Even though it has sometimes been suggested that poetry is less edited than prose, we actually did not find this to be the case in regard to the less common linguistic features that are the focus of this debate. Indeed, there is almost a complete lack of overlap in such features between the MT parallel poetic texts of 2 Samuel 22// Psalm 18 (see HLBH, pp.156-59, 413-21 and Young's “Starting at the Beginning with Archaic Biblical Hebrew,” Hebrew Studies 58 (2017): 99-118).
2. We tend to follow the majority of scholars in viewing the Pentateuch as having a long compositional history. We don't know the particulars well enough to comment on Russell Gmirkin's work, sorry.