JEDP

Question 1

J

Answer 1

• Jahwist - source written in 950 BCE in the Southern Kingdom. name is YHVH. they give God human characteristics

Question 2

E

Answer 2

Elohist- source written in 850 BCE in the Northern Kingdom. Name is Elohim.

Question 3

D

Answer 3

Deutronomist- source written in Jersusalem during a reform. (600 BCE) the Lord our God is the only king–pre-occupied with covenant. Criticism of kingship.

Question 4

P

Answer 4

Priestly- source written in 500 BCE by the Kohens. written in exile. uses the name el-Shaddai. pre-occupied with the status and role of the priest Aaron and his descendants

Question 5

Weilhausen

Answer 5

german scholar who came up with this theory. He used it to try and wrestle it away from the jews. He did this by saying the only credible source is the J source, because it is closest to Christianity. The rest of them are too preoccupied with the law, which distracted from a relationship with God and thus Christ.

Question 6

Eichrodt

Answer 6

german scholar who disagreed with Weilhausen. He thought that the law was a higher power and thought but judaism could not teach Christianity something because it was a degradation of the law. He saw the Old testament as paving the way for Jesus and the covenant and laws that the jews couldn’t live up to is why Jesus was needed.

Question 7

Levenson

Answer 7

Both Jews and Christians try to fit every peice of information about the scripture into their traditions and hush things that cannot fit. Evidence and findings about biblical times have advanced but the study of theology has not because people are unwilling to look at the texts differently. Both Christians and Jews should do so.

Question 8

Source Criticism

Answer 8

Source criticism is the study and analysis of sources used by bibilical authors. Basically determining the sources of where the authors came up with the text that they wrote.

Question 9

Limitations on Source Criticism

Answer 9

Using literary criteria from modern times to determine the sources