REL 1004 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Source Criticism, Suzerainty, Elohist
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Priestly: most scholars think that two of the major sources of the pentateuch make up the biblical flood story. Figure out and name the source to which each of the following statements is usually ascribed: the deity opened the windows of the sky so that the fountains of the deep burst forth drowned out creation. Priestly: after the flood, the deity smelled the pleasing odor of noah"s sacrifice and promised that he would not destroy the earth ever again. Jahwist: jahweh grieved in his heart over the evil thoughts of human beings and was sorry that he had made humans. Jahwist: after the flood, the deity blessed noah, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. -priestly, the genre of most the patriarchal stories in genesis is saga. According to the class lecture, this genre focuses on private affairs of the ancestor of the family or clan or tribe: the class lecture highlighted three major themes in the abraham cycle.
