RLG313H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Priestly Source, Closed List, Babylonian Captivity
Document Summary
Growth of the hebrew bible: development of hb canon. At it"s very core, circulation of individual oral traditions and oral collections. Writing down of individual traditions and creation of clusters of written traditions. Established as a collection much earlier than prophets or writings. Notion that god himself is behind this literature. Determines the faith and practice of the community behind it o o o o. Has the connotation that god is the author. The five books of the bible were not written by a single author and are tayjer assembled and edited from multiple strands of tradition o. Evidence that different accounts have been combined o. J (the yahwist) characterized by using yhwh as god"s name. E (the elohist) characterized by using elohim as god"s name. Difficult to separate j and e sources that have merged. D (the deuteronomist), the source for king josiah"s deutoronomist reformers. Active around the time of king josiah (622 bce)
