Ch 3 - Introduction to the Pentateuch Flashcards by Jason Kaspar

Genesis content

Creation
Primeval History
Patriarchal Narratives

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Creation story

Genesis

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Primeval History (loc)

Genesis

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Patriarchal Narratives (loc)

Genesis

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Exodus content

Moses’ early life
The Exodus from Egypt
Covenant at Sinai
The Tabernacle

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Moses’ early life

Exodus

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The Exodus from Egypt

Exodus

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Covenant at Sinai

Exodus

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The tabernacle

Exodus

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Leviticus

Laws for God’s people

Worship regulations

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Laws for God’s people

Leviticus

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Worship regulations

Leviticus

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Deuteronomy

Moses’ instruction for Israel

Death of Moses

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Moses’ instruction for Israel

Deuteronomy

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Death of Moses

Deuteronomy

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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.