Ch 3 - Introduction to the Pentateuch Flashcards
Genesis content
Creation
Primeval History
Patriarchal Narratives
Creation story
Genesis
Primeval History (loc)
Genesis
Patriarchal Narratives (loc)
Genesis
Exodus content
Moses’ early life
The Exodus from Egypt
Covenant at Sinai
The Tabernacle
Moses’ early life
Exodus
The Exodus from Egypt
Exodus
Covenant at Sinai
Exodus
The tabernacle
Exodus
Leviticus
Laws for God’s people
Worship regulations
Laws for God’s people
Leviticus
Worship regulations
Leviticus
Deuteronomy
Moses’ instruction for Israel
Death of Moses
Moses’ instruction for Israel
Deuteronomy
Death of Moses
Deuteronomy
JEDP
Acronym – hypothetical sources of the Pentateuch, compiled theoretically after 500 BC
JEDP
Acronym
J-Yahwist
E-Elohist
D-Deuteronomist
P-Priestly
Yahwist doc
950-850 BC
Gen 2 - Num 24
Excl Lev
Elohist doc
750-700 BC
Gen 2 - Num 24
Excl Lev
Deuteronomist doc
700 BC
Deuteronomy
Priestly doc
550 BC
Gen 1 & Lev
JE doc
600 BC
Indistinguishably woven together
JEP doc
After 550 BC
Gen 2 - Numbers
Documentary hypothesis
Historical–Critical theory about the production of the Pentateuch from four sources labeled JEDP.
Patriarchal narratives (def)
The accounts of the lives of the patriarchs and their families in Genesis.
Patriarchs
The term used to describe the great male ancestors of the people of Israel – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Pentateuch
From the Greek for “five books”; the five books of Moses (Gen - Deut), also called the Torah.
Primeval history (def)
The early history of humans as recorded in the book of Genesis.
Torah
Hebrew for “law” or “instruction.” It is also used in the narrow sense to denote the five books of Moses (Gen – Deut), also called the Pentateuch.