HUM 001A Lecture 2: 2.IntrotoHebrewBible
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Studying the beginning to jewish people in the hebrew bible. Torah, the first 5 books of the hebrew bible. Monotheistic(all western religion: judaism, christianity, islam) -all believed in one god. God is more distant than the elohist. Creation waters divided: separated by atom gods in mesopotamian love. Multiple authorship (the manuscripts making up the torah) jedp theory. Continuity in stories: jahwist: j manuscript telling of adam and eve story. Written in the southern part of israel. The eastern part of mediterranean sea: elohist: e manuscript northern part of the 850b. Recorded in northern israel portrays god as a more distant and not as personal: deuteronomist d manuscript : 600 bc a lot of writing of d in the torah. Written in jerusalem: priestly: p manuscript written by a group of priest. Creation stories: stories from p (genesis 1-2:4a) Style: formal, poetic, ritualistic, incantation ( and god said, and god made , and god saw )
