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| source of the Pentateuch that many scholars think is preserved in parts of Genesis 20-2 and other non-preistly parts of the pentateuch where the divine designation "Elohim" predominates. According to this hypothesis the Eholistic Source was composed in the north of Israel sometimes in the late ninth or eigth century thus coming from a later time and different place from the yahwistic source. However it is NOT officially recognizable. |
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| a designation either for the holiness code in lev, or for a broader layer of material in the tetrateuch that is characterized by the central emphases of Leviticus 17-25, the importance of Israel's holiness |
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| a term used in biblical scholarship to refer to the study of ideas and themes relating to gods and ritual in ancient Near Eastern cultures outside Israel so that we might better understand biblical religious ideas and practices. |
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| a collection of laws in Lev thought to have once existed seperately (no seperate copies have been found) and characterized by a frequent focus on the need for the people of Israel to preserve its holiness. Many recent scholars believe instead that the language and themes predominanat in Lev are characteristic of a broader layer of H material spanning the rest of mateial in the tetrateuch assigned to to others by P |
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| the one letter designatoin of the hypothesized yahwistic source. The prominent use of the divine "Yahweh" in the Yahwistic Source is only one indicator used to argue for the existence of the source, but it has led to the frequent designation of the source as J |
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| combination of the J and E sources for the Tetrateuch. The texts in cluded in what some scholars discuss as JE are similar to the non P texts discussed in the book as part of :. The main difference is that this textbook does not see this body of texts as having been created out of a combination of J and E sources Therefore the term JE though found in many commentaries and introductions is not used in this book or in a number of other recent discussions. |
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| L (or Lay) preistly source |
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| a term used in the book to designate a source of the pentateuch that included most of the material not assigned to the P source in the tetrateuch aong with deut. the material is called the lay source because it seems to have been put together and transmitted by authors outside the priesthood. Most other scholars would designate this body of texts simply as non P |
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| non-preistly (or non--P) source |
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| terms used to refer to texts in the Pentateuch, especially the Tetrateuch not assigned to P. It covers many of the same texts included in the older designation JE but is used by scholars who no longer believe in the existence of the early J and E sources |
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| the first four books of the bible, genesis exodus, leviticus, and numbers. The portion of the pentateuch that precedes deuteronomy is formed out of combined P and L sources |
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| What is one major reason that scholars now doubt whether seperate and yet paralleled J and E documents once existed and stand behind the non-preistly materials? |
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| They contain later elements that link conceptually w. later periods, they were shaped onto one another, and cannot gain consensus on the contents of J and E |
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| what are three sets of problems that have arisen for the early dating of non-preistly L traditions |
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| Composite source, combination of older literary building blocks and new material, shaped and written down by exiles, |
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| what sorts of "history" are best discussed in relation to the Pentateuch, how? |
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| what israelites had to say about themselves as a people and God's intention for them. |
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| Who are the two groups, newly prominent in the exilic period that may have preserved the seperate L and P traditions before they were combined? |
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L-Elders
P-Aaronide preists |
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