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Tradition holds that this and the first five books of the Bible were written by Moses. Some biblical scholars, however, have identified five separate authors of these books. Each of these authors have been named with a letter. | Tradition holds that this and the first five books of the Bible were written by Moses. Some biblical scholars, however, have identified five separate authors of these books. Each of these authors have been named with a letter. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, March 14, 2007
Genesis is the first book of the Bible that contains the history of the nation of Israel from Creation to Joseph's death. Some of the stories it contains are Cain and Able Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, and Joseph and Jacob.
Multiple Authors Theory
Tradition holds that this and the first five books of the Bible were written by Moses. Some biblical scholars, however, have identified five separate authors of these books. Each of these authors have been named with a letter.
- J who uses JHWH as God's name.
- E who uses Elohim as God's name.
- D who wrote Deuteronomy
- P who wrote an alternate history in a priestly style
- R who joined the writings of J, E, D and P to form a single work.
Under this hypothesis, looking at the Creation story
- Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 were written by P.
- Genesis 2:4 was written by R
- Genesis 2:5 through 4:26 were written by J.
Furthermore, there are also a number of doubling of stories and inconsistencies between the doubles. An example of such a doubling can be found in Genesis 7:15 where God instructs Noah to collect two of each species of animal and at Genesis 7:2-3, God instructs Noah to bring seven pairs of clean animals and one pair of unclean animals. Again Genesis 7:4 describes the flood as rain only while Genesis 7:11 describes the flood as rain and water coming from the earth.
