German criticism of the Pentateuch influenced both British and American
academic theologians in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
S. Davidson (1862), C. Briggs of Union Theological Seminary in New York
(1883-86), and S. R. Driver of Oxford (1891) published works that
supported and advocated the Documentary Hypothesis. Driver, from
Great Britain, was perhaps the most influential scholar of the time, and
his collaborative work, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English
Lexicon (1906), is a reference still used today.

In contrast to their German counterparts, British and North American
critics believed in the inspiration of the Bible; however, their work in
the Documentary Hypothesis demonstrated that they did not hold
entirely to the idea that It was a direct revelation from God.