There are many biblical scholars in this world that believe in the JEDP theory when the Old Testament should be looked at as one literary whole. The JEDP theorists believe that the Old Testament was compiled by four different sources; the Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, and Priestly sources. There are many passages in the bible that can confirm the JEDP theory, but when examined closely one could see the similarities in the passages that were supposedly written at different times by different groups of people. JEDP theory believers assume that Genesis 12:1-9 was written by the J source or Yahwists, and Genesis 22:1-19 was written by the E source or Elohists, with some J material intertwined. When looked at more closely a reader can see that these two passages actually have similarities that would suggest that the Old Testament should be looked at as one literary whole instead of four different documents put together. By looking at language similarities and themes both of these texts are linked and parallel each other in many ways.
The first connection is probably the most easily seen by the common reader which is the use of language in both texts. In Genesis 12:1 according to Fox's translation it says, "YHWH said to Avram: Go-you-forth from your land
" and similarly in Genesis 22:2 G-d says, "
and go-you-forth to the land of Moriyya/Seeing." In both cases when G-d is speaking to Avram, who is later renamed Avraham, G-d uses the term "go-you-forth" If these two sections of the bible had actually been written by different sources at different times then how come the same words are used? The answer is that they were not written by different sources but the reason the same language is used for both is because it is one source. Had it been written by two different sources there would most likely be different words used for, go-you-forth, like travel, journey or move. The fact that the source of the Old Testament chose to use the word "go-you-forth" for both of these passages meant that there was supposed to be a link between the two especially because it is G-d speaking these words in both situations.
Besides for the obvious language connection there are also many thematic connections that would unite the two passages to the same source.
Here are the flashbacks and foreshadowing. One of the similarities is they both had to do with animals and their parents telling them something. The other is that they have flashbacks of animals. Those are the similarities with flashbacks and foreshadowing.
As previously mentioned, one of the most important similarities between these three texts is the perception of Abraham. Abraham’s commitment to God was tested, and as it was proved, he is the basis for all three of the Abrahamic faiths. In Genesis, God speaks directly to Abraham, saying, “I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall by blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3) In the Tanakh, Abraham’s loyalty to God is tested throughout the Bible, and as Abraham’s devotion become apparent, God solidifies ...
I see strong correlations between the two poems because they are both at face value about horrible violence situations but the poet chooses to write about issues surrounding them. This is a common approach that the poet takes through out the book. He is able to do so effectively because of his strong use of figurative
different time of period and different region, but yet both stories shared similar endings and
In the beginning, the Hebrew civilization, which was politically insignificant compared to other empires such as Egypt, produced a new form of religion that was based on a monotheistic all-powering god that created and controlled everything that they called Yahweh (47). The Hebrew people did not believe in what the Egyptians forced them to believe in and decided to rebel and protest against the unorthodox pharaoh and the Egyptian people who instilled all trust and life into this god-king. The Hebrew decided to leave Egypt, who was led by a profit by the name of Moses throughout many treacherous and tantalizing events. Once the Hebrew crossed the Nile River and the Red Sea, these followers of Yahweh decided to write and record all of their religious ideas, traditions, laws, advice literature, prayers, hymns, history, and prophecies in a series of books. These books are still in existence today and are known now as the Hebrew Bible, which ...
Davis refuted this theory based on several factors. First, no other Ancient Near Eastern religious document is known to have compiled in this way. Isolating sources based on divine names is an extremely insubstantial practice. Davis points out that the author of Genesis might well have chosen certain divine names over others at certain points because of theological emphasis, rather than due to source documents. Second, it is irrational to argue the Document Theory based on differences on style. As Davis notes...
The Hebrew Bible, better known as the Old Testament, is a collection of tomes that form part of the Biblical canon. Many scholars around the world do not think that a single author wrote the books contained in the Hebrew Bible, but rather that it represents centuries of stories frequently compiled after the events they describe . The stories were created with visions for the future, in order to allow audiences insight into communities and beliefs that were common thought during their era. The stories responded to the issues and problems of their time, but also addressed contemporary climates. While the stories themselves may not be true, they convey truth without needing literal readings. For example, the creation stories in Genesis, portray God as creating the universe, and while this is considered as not ‘literally true’; the stories communicate theological truths about mankind’s relationship with God through the eyes of Hebrew writers .
The Enuma Elish mirrors the subordinate disordered lives of the Babylonians that created it. Genesis mirrors the newfound freedom and idealism of the Jewish people who created it after years of oppression. These two writings contrast the differences between the ancient Babylonians and the ancient Hebrews. Creation stories give great insight into the lives of the people who created them.
Some similarities are obviously that they are both slaves who are trying to escape their misery. The characters also have a good relationship with their fathers because they taught them how to care for themselves and what to do when they need
works of literature have tremendous amounts of similarity especially in the characters. Each character is usually unique and symbolizes the quality of a person in the real world. But in both stories, each character was alike, they represented honor, loyalty, chivalry, strength and wisdom. Each character is faced with a difficult decision as well as a journey in which they have to determine how to save their own lives. Both these pieces of literatures are exquisite and extremely interesting in their own ways.
The similarities begin with the creation stories, although these similarities are very minimal. In both the Christian creation story, Genesis, and in many accounts of the
We often look at the Bible as one of humanity’s most important texts, where we gather most of our morals, information and logic. The Bible is over 1,500 years old and has influenced billions of people. However, many historians have looked at the Bible’s texts and found that some of its verses and stories are closely related to religious texts that existed far before the Bible was originally created. With this new study we must look closely at three key stories within the Bible to see how closely they relate to the previous religious texts. We must closely look at the stories of The Garden of Eden, The Great flood and The Ten Commandments in order to determine the similarities with other religious texts.
The books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings are all part of Israeli history. Many believe that the work in these books was done by multiple authors, even though it is considered a single work. Deuteronomic history can be dated back all the way to before 587 B.C.E. One man, Noth, solely believed it was written by a single author. His evidence is that through the work there is linguistic uniformity, speeches, and it is all exilic. Linguistic uniformity refers to the patterns of language within each text and according to Noth all are similar throughout not only DtrH, but also Dtr1, Dtr2, DtrP, DtrN. Noth said that the one author of this book did have sources, but simply used pre-existing history to form an overall book of all the events through 2 Kings. An opposing opinion comes from Frank Moore Cross. He revised Noth’s position on Deuteronomy and believed it was written by multiple authors over a longer period of time.
These books were written either by or in association with mighty prophets of God who received direct revelation from God and were accompanied by many of God’s miracles. The final set of cannon were the Writings, Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Daniel, Esther, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles. In Luke 24, Jesus discusses the prophets from Abel to Zechariah, where Abel is found in Genesis and Zechariah is found in 2 Chronicles 24, the first and last book of the Jewish cannon. The New Testament also quotes from every Old Testament books except Esther, and declares in 2 Tim 3:16 that all Scripture is inspired by God (Cartwright, Jonathan, Gutierrez & Hulshof
The stories are similar in many ways, but they are also very different. This can be related to the relationship between the two religions themselves.