TableAYahwistNarrativeStoryLine.TheYahwistnarrativebeginsatGenesis2:4andcontinuesthroughthebookofNumbers.WhentheindividualepisodesaregleanedoutofGenesis,Exodus,andNumbers,andviewedtogetherinisolation,theYahwistepictellsastoryofmarvelousscopeanddeephumaninterest.TheYahwistepicextendsfromthecreationofhumankind,throughtheageoftheancestors,tothedeliverancefromEgyptandthejourneythroughtheSinaiwildernes...[
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TheTempleMountofJerusalemInclassicalsourceanalysistheYahwistwriterlivedinJerusalematthetimeofDavidorSolomon.Thispicture,takenfromtheMountofOlives,viewstheDomeoftheRock,whichisbuiltonthesiteofSolomon'stemple.PhotobyBarryBandstra[
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1.YahwistNarrative(J)TheTempleMountofJerusalemInclassicalsourceanalysistheYahwistwriterlivedinJerusalematthetimeofDavidorSolomon.Thispicture,takenfromtheMountofOlives,viewstheDomeoftheRock,whichisbuiltonthesiteofSolomon'stemple.PhotobyBarryBandstraTheearliestwrittensourceoftheTorahistheYahwistnarrative.ItgotthisnamebecauseitusesthedivinenameYahwehtorefertoGod.ItsstorylineformedthebackboneoftheTora...[
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ThestudyofancientlanguagesandliteraturesblossomedduringtheRenaissanceandReformation.ThisinspiredanewlookattheHebrewBible.TheexistenceofsimilarstoriesinGenesis(asjustmentioned)promptedRichardSimon(1638-1712)todevelopatheorythatthePentateuchhadbeencompiledfromanumberofsources,someofwhichmayhavederivedfromMoses.HeclaimedthefinalPentateuchwasproducedbyEzrainthepostexilicperiod(fifth...[
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A.MosesTorahCommentaryfromQumranThesefragmentsoftheMiqsatMa'aseha-Torah,"SomeTorahPrecepts,"fromQumrancontaininterpretationsoftheTorahthatdifferfromthoseofmainstreamJudaism.TheydateasearlyasthefirstcenturyB.C.E.LibraryofCongressDeadSeaScrollsExhibitJewishandChristiantraditionholdsMosesresponsibleforwritingtheTorah.MoseswasthereligiousleaderoftheHebrewpeoplewholedthemoutofslaveryinEgyptandontothePr...[
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TheWarRuleSerekhha-Milhamah4Q285(SM)ParchmentCopiedearlyfirstcenturyC.E.Height4cm(11/2in.),length5cm(2in.)CourtesyoftheIsraelAntiquitiesAuthority(12)[
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TheWarRuleSerekhha-Milhamah4Q285(SM)ParchmentCopiedearlyfirstcenturyC.E.Height4cm(11/2in.),length5cm(2in.)CourtesyoftheIsraelAntiquitiesAuthority(12)Thissix-linefragment,commonlyreferredtoasthe"PiercedMessiah"text,iswritteninaHerodianscriptofthefirsthalfofthefirstcenturyC.E.andreferstoaMessiahfromtheBranchofDavid,toajudgement,andtoakilling.Hebrewiscomprisedprimarilyofconsonants;vowelsmustbesupplie...[
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DamascusDocumentBritDamesek4Q271(Df)ParchmentCopiedlatefirstcenturyB.C.E.Height10.9cm(41/4in.),length9.3cm(35/8in.)CourtesyoftheIsraelAntiquitiesAuthority(1)[
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