Original sentence: According to the predominant view in contemporary Biblical scholarship—the documentary hypothesis—the Ark story told in Genesis is based on two originally quasi-independent sources, and did not reach its present form until the 5th century BC
Edited sentence: According to the liberal view of scripture predominant in some contemporary Biblical scholarship—the documentary hypothesis—the Ark story told in Genesis is based on two originally quasi-independent sources, and did not reach its present form until the 5th century BC