What is the difference between Yahwist and Elohist?

According to the documentary hypothesis, the Elohist (or simply E) is one of four source documents underlying the Torah, together with the Jahwist (or Yahwist), the Deuteronomist and the Priestly source. The Elohist is so named because of its pervasive use of the word Elohim to refer to the Israelite god.

What is source p?

The Priestly source (or simply P) is perhaps the most widely recognized source underlying the Torah.

When was the J source written?

The J Text was once thought to have been written about 999-800 BCE, but most recent scholarship would date it after the period of exile (597 BCE). It is written in a dialect associated with the city of Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah, the more southerly of the tribal nations.

Who wrote J source?

In 1780 Johann Eichhorn, building on the work of the French doctor and exegete Jean Astruc’s “Conjectures” and others, formulated the “older documentary hypothesis”: the idea that Genesis was composed by combining two identifiable sources, the Jehovist (“J”; also called the Yahwist) and the Elohist (“E”).

What is J tradition?

In German transliteration of Hebrew, the letter “J” is used for “Y.” Thus, scholars today refer to the “J Text” or the Yahwist Text when they discuss a second textual tradition. This second tradition refers to God as Yahweh or Yahweh Elohim but never refers to God as Elohim alone.

Did Moses write Genesis?

Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and most of Deuteronomy; however, modern scholars, especially from the 19th century onward, place the books’ authorship in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, hundreds of years after Moses is supposed to have lived.

What is the J tradition?

Name (abbreviated “J” from its German form) given to what the literary critics consider the oldest of the Pentateuchal traditions. It received its definitive form (s) in the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the early period of the monarchy.