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THE BOOK OF Genesis
J= The ‘Jahwist’ Source
P= The ‘Priestly’ Source
E= The ‘Elohist’ Source
See: R. E. Friedman, Who wrote the Bible? (NY: Harper & Row 1988)
I. THE PRIMEVAL HISTORY: (ch. 1-11)
- (A) Creation and Fall (ch. 1-3)
- (1) The Priestly Creation Story [1.1-2.4] P
- (2) The Jahwist Creation Story [2.4-3.24] J
- (B) From Cain to Noah (ch. 4-5)
- (1) Cain, Abel, and their families [4. 1-24]
- (2) Seth and Enosh [4. 25-26]
- (3) The descendants of Seth [5. 1-32]
- (C) Noah and the Flood (ch. 6-11)
- (1) `Sons of God' and `Daughters of Men' [6. 1-8]
- (2) Noah: Shem, Ham, Japeth, covenant, ark [6. 9-22]
- (3) Collection into the ark: Source J [7. 1-5,7-10,16-17]
Source P [7. 6, 11-16]
- (4) The FLOOD Source P [7. 18-21, 24; 8. 1-5]
Source J [7. 22-23; 8. 2-3, 6, 8-13
- (5) Leaving the Ark [8. 14-19] P
- (6) Sacrifice of thanks [8. 20-22] J
- (7) Blessings and a COVENANT [9. 1-17,28-9] P
- (8) Noah's drunkenness and a curse [9. 18-27 J
- (9) Genealogies Source P [10. 1-7, 20, 22-3,
31-32] P
Source J [10. 8-19, 21,24-30] J
- (10) Language and city-building: Mesopotamia [11.1-9,28-30] J
Genealogies: cities, Migration (Haran) [11.10-27,31-2] P
NOTE: In connection with reading Gochberg, pay careful attention to (C)(4) The FLOOD, which is
said to be composed of two separate sources, woven together into one narrative. Can you see this?
II. THE PATRIARCHS (chapters 12-50)
- (A) From Abraham to Isaac (ch. 12-36)
- (1) Abraham (chh. 12-25)
{basically `J', with comments by `P' at chh. 13. 6, 11-12; 16. 3, 15-16}
- -COVENANT: Abram, Sarai [17.1-27; 21.1-6] P
- -Death of Sarah (Hebron) [23. 1-20] P
- -Death of Abraham: Arabs (Ishmaelites) [25. 7-20] P
- +COVENANT: Canaan for the Children of Isaac [15. 1-2,5,7-12,17-21]
The `E(lohist)' Source E
- +Abraham in Egypt [20. 1-18] E
- +Sacrifice of Isaac [22. 1-19] E
- (2) Isaac and his Sons (chh. 26-36)
- (1) Isaac & Rebecca at Gerar in Philistia [26. 1-33] J
--at Beersheba [26. 34-5] P
- (2) Esau and Jacob [27. 1-45] J
- (3) Marriages of E & J [28. 1-9] P
- (4) Jacob and Rachael and Leah [29] J
- (5) Jacob and Bilah and Zilpah [30] J
- (6) Jacob returns to Canaan [31. 2,4-16,19,21] E
- (7) Jacob & Laban in Canaan [31. 22-53] J
- (8) Jacob and Esau Source J [32. 3-12, 22-32]
Source E [32. 1-2, 13-21]
- (9) Jacob and Esau Source J [33. 1-3, 6-7, 12-17]
Source E [33. 4-5, 8-11,16-20]
- (10) Dinah, Hamor and Jacob's sons [34] J
- (11) Jacob at Beth-El [35. 1-5,7-8,16-20] E
- (12) Jacob is renamed ISRAEL [35. 6,9-15,22-9] P
- (13) Genealogies [36] P
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