10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE YAHWIST»
Discover the use of
the Yahwist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Yahwist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Prologue to History:
The Yahwist As Historian in Genesis
According to Van Seters, the book of Genesis represents the prologue to a major literary work, conceived and constructed by a single writer--an intellectual and historian.
2
The Yahwist's Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel
In this book Theodore Hiebert re-examines these assumptions, and offers a new understanding of the role of nature in biblical thought. Hiebert stresses the importance of reading the Hebrew Scriptures in their ancient Near Eastern context.
3
The Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament
These are identified as the Yahwist (j), Elohist (E), Priestly (P), and Deuteronomic
(D) authors, also referred to as "sources" or "traditions." Of these four authors,
only the Yahwist, Elohist, and Priestly are to be found in the Book of Genesis;
thus ...
Dianne Bergant, Robert J. Karris, 1992
4
Reading
the Old Testament: An Introduction
The Yahwist knows that everybody who hears this story in Solomon's time will
immediately say: “Yes, God has truly fulfilled his promise in our own time, for we
have become a great nation and blessed in power over our enemies.” Naturally,
the ...
Lawrence Boadt, Richard J. Clifford, Daniel J. Harrington, 2012
5
The Ethos of
the Cosmos:
The Genesis of Moral Imagination in ...
God's first act from the Yahwist's account is not the creation of light (1:3) but that
of a man (2:7). Only thereafter does vegetation spring forth (w. 8-9). These two
creation stories of differing historical contexts and ethical aims, though tightly
linked, ...
6
J, E, and
the Redaction of
the Pentateuch
cept of the Yahwist as the primary narrative author in the Pentateuch is basically
a theological one: that the Yahwist is perceived "primarily as a theologian who
gives shape to large passages."70 While this may be a valid criticism of von
Rad's ...
7
An Introduction to
the Bible
The Authorship, Date, and Provenance of Exodus We provide on page 76 the
division of sources in Exodus from the perspective of the Documentary
Hypothesis, but with the usual provisos: the Yahwist and Elohist are merged in
keepingwith ...
Robert Kugler, Patrick J. Hartin, 2009
8
Introduction to
the Old Testament
J. Characteristics of the Yahwist In the classical formulation of the documentary
hypothesis, both E and J stand out from the other sources by virtue of their
predominantly narrative character. J is held to differ from E in the relatively few
legal ...
9
Old Testament Introduction
Among the documentary sources for the Pentateuch the Yahwist stratum is rightly
regarded as the most important. "Theologically it contains the most important
testimony found in the Penta- teuchal narrative as a whole" (M. Noth, A History of
...
10
The Vanishing Hebrew Harlot:
The Adventures of
the Hebrew ...
Hosea also subverts conventional Yahwist language by replacing the Yahwist
element with a non-Yahwist element, used pejoratively, and inverting the
meaning of the Yahwist phrase. This chapter supports the assertion that "
participate in ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE YAHWIST»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Yahwist is used in the context of the following news items.
The enduring value of frontier dynamics in the study of the southern …
The Yahwist: A History of Israelity Origins. Eisenbrauns.P:, 2013. Weippert, Manfred. “Israelites, Araméens, et Assyriens dans la Transjordanie septentrionale” ... «The Bible and Interpretation, Jun 15»
The Serpent in the Garden of Eden and its Background
For Adam and Eve the serpent in the Garden of Eden represented the voice of temptation but it needs to be noted that for the original writer, the Yahwist (or J) ... «The Bible and Interpretation, Apr 15»
Do contradictions belie the sanctity of Torah?
The documentary hypothesis proposes that the Pentateuch (the Five Books of Moses) is a composite of four primary sources – the Yahwist source, which ... «Haaretz, Jan 15»
Who wrote the Torah?
The Yahwist was characterized by using the Tetragrammaton ("Yahweh") as the name of God. The Elohist writers, who called God "Elohim", were Israelite priests ... «Haaretz, Oct 14»
The City They Burned review (Cavern Table Performance Space …
It's one of the most memorable episodes in a tradition rich in archetypal stories, the Yahwist legend of humankind's beginning. ADVERTISING. But what about ... «Daily Review, Sep 14»
A Pauline Exegete Watches Aronofsky's Noah
21 is one of the most remarkable theological statements in the Old Testament: it shows the pointed and concentrated way in which the Yahwist can express ... «First Things, Mar 14»
The Backstory of ?Noah? Is Full of Giants, Horny Angels, and a …
The Yahwist is widely assumed to have drawn on older traditions to write the earlier Genesis narratives, so in the Noah story, we may be reading the Yahwist's ... «Daily Beast, Mar 14»
Are Human Beings Simply A Collection Of Body Parts?
Following a preceding passage of the Yahwist text, it can also be said that this “body” reveals the “living soul,” such as man became when God-Yahweh ... «Acton Institute, Nov 13»
Oprah, Atheism, & How Not To Be An Ally
Begin with the Yahwist's creation tale recorded in Genesis 2 where the adam names all the other creatures, fast forward to colonialist's march around the globe ... «Patheos, Oct 13»
Are Mormons Christian? Who Gets to Decide?
We might say that it has mattered since one of the earliest creation stories when the adam named all the other creatures in the Yahwist's tale collected in ... «Patheos, Sep 13»
