Old Testament Quiz 2

Pentateuch

First 5 books of the Bible

Jean Astruc

\-Source Criticism (critical analysis)

\-Some Genesis stories use Yahweh and some use Elohim

\-Thinks that when Moses wrote Pentateuch he would have 2 scrolls and would cut and paste to create 1 Genesis

Documentary Hypothesis

4 pre-existing written books used to write Pentateuch. Consist of J, E, D, and P sources

J

Yahwist (Jehovist) Source

God is depicted anthropomorphic (depicted as a human)

E

Elohistic Source

Uses Elohim for God, less humanistic

D

Deuteronomic Source

Primarily Deuteronomy

P

Priestly Source

Holiness, everything having a place, Leviticus is good example

Julius Wellhausen

made great case for documentary hypothesis

Hermann Gunkel’s form criticism

The OT stories were passed verbally before they were written down

Genesis 1 Key Points

1) Goodness of creation

2) God has given creation its order

3) Humans are created in God’s image

4) God instituted the Sabbath

Order of Creation

1) Light, day, night

2) sky, separated waters

3) dry land, plants

4) sun, moon, stars

5) birds, fish

6) land animals

Genesis 2 Human Existence

1) No knowledge of good and evil

2) Humans have perfect companionship

3) Gainful employment

Main Teachings of Genesis 2-3

\-the things that are wrong with the world are our fault

\-God made a perfect world and we messed it up