Chapter 4: Authorship, Genesis, and Pentateuch

Question 1

the person who physically wrote what you are reading

Answer 1

modern def. of authorship

Question 2

person who is attributed with the information expressed

Answer 2

biblical times def. of authorship

Question 3

How did Jesus refer to the Pentateuch?

Answer 3

Book of Moses

Question 4

why is Moses the author of the Pentateuch?

Answer 4

he is the central figure- God himself speaks to Moses, an example being the 10 Commandments

Question 5

What are the sources of the Pentateuch?

Answer 5

yahwist
Elohist
Deuteronomist
Priestly

Question 6

Which sources refer to God as YHWH?

Answer 6

Yahwist and Deuteronomist

Question 7

Which sources refer to God as Elohim?

Answer 7

Elohist and Priestly

Question 8

a common Semitic word for God used in the Bible

Answer 8

Elohim

Question 9

Describe Yahwist

Answer 9

J
anthropomorphic in nature
Mt. Sinai
vivid, earthly style of writing

Question 10

Describe Elohim

Answer 10

E
later source
retells story of Abraham ( is central figure )
emphasis on prophecies

Question 11

Describe Deuteronomist

Answer 11

D
composed by priest in 650BC
emphasis on moral and law
cycle of fidelity and punishment
speeches of Moses ("Listen, Israel")

Question 12

Describe Priestly

Answer 12

P
contains census lists, genealogies, numbers, dates, proper ways to worship, clean and unclean animals
latest to be written

Question 13

a literary device in which human emotional qualities and physical traits are attributed to God

Answer 13

anthropomorphic

Question 14

The Babylonian creation myth

Answer 14

Enuma Elish

Question 15

What does Genesis reveal that proves Enuma Elish wrong?

Answer 15

Genesis reveals humans are created out of God’s goodness, not as a byproduct of war

Question 16

Which sources are the two creation stories from?

Answer 16

1- Priestly

2- Yahwist

Question 17

Describe the 1st creation story

Answer 17

chaos is the formless wasteland but God is present
instead of wallowing in the darkness, God creates light to separate it form the darkness
we need relationship with one another- points to Trinity

Question 18

Describe the 2nd creation story

Answer 18

God touched and breathed for us, spoke for everything else
intimate relationship with God and man
portrays God as a potter who molds Adam’s body like a sculpture, then breathes life into him
tells creation of Eve from Adam’s rib
Adam and Eve felt no shame until after sin

Question 19

What do both creation stories teach?

Answer 19

God’s creation is good
sin and suffering can blind us to that
God restores our vision through the Sacraments

Question 20

Why include two creation stories in the Bible?

Answer 20

show different aspects of the event
foreshadow the Divine Revelation: Jesus
opening of John teaches about Incarnation and echoes Genesis