However, the bulk of the narrative material cannot be subdivided as usual between the four putative documents, J, E, D, P . An instructive case in point is the story of Balaam in Rebekkah ( Genesis 24 ) led him to similar conclusions : he claims that the story is not part of the hypothetical document J, but an independent piece; it is a paradigm composed in post-exilic times in order to teach the people of Judea the proper choice in match-making.
