“I said they were heavily involved, meaning in the support and propagation of it.”
And I’m contesting that assertion.
“I literally have thousands of books on all forms of Biblical Criticism and a vast majority that support the Documentary hypothesis come from Catholic presses and authors.”
Really. Let’s see some names then.
“Much of the Biblical criticism (esp Higher Criticism) in the last 75 years has come from Catholic rather than Protestant scholars.”
Again, this discussion is better taken to individual authors so we can be clear on who is discussing what. I would contest this assertion because there is a great deal of protestant literature out there of all stripes.
“In fact, I was first introduced to the theory by a Catholic professor of mine, a professor who also left me her library of Catholic books which is how I have so many on the subject.”
Ah, well as always owning someone’s library will likely have their own built in biases. Case in point. Anyone who gets mine will get a pretty clear idea of where my political ideas and beliefs and theories come from.
That’s by nature, and by design. I don’t waste shelf space on cultivating authors that come from the wide swathe of literature, because I have my own preferences.
I don’t consider it a waste of shelf space. My private library is over 10,000 volumes and at the moment we are in the process of turning into a (private) town library. The best way to defeat the opposing arguments is to know their arguments which is why I still have most of my books on Mormonism.
As such, I do not have access to all of my books (80% are boxed from the move last month) but I will be glad to list some for you as I unpack them.