1. The Documentary Hypothesis holds that the Pentateuch has a number of underlying documents (alt., sources) that were ultimately gathered and sewn into the Pentateuch as we now have it. The method of separating those underlying documents is called source criticism. Please perform a source-critical analysis of Gen 1-3. In so doing, please identify the significant features that distinguish each underlying document. Note: There are many such features.
2. Why are covenants important in the Bible? What do they accomplish? Are they all the same, whether in structure or outlook? Do the different writers view them differently? What does the ancient Near Eastern background to the biblical covenant contribute to our understanding?
3. Dt 6:4 used to be translated
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] our God, the LORD [YHWH] is one.”
Currently, we translate
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] is our God, the LORD [YHWH] alone.”
In all likelihood, the second translation is grammatically preferable. What is the interpretive difference between “one” and “alone”? Is it significant? How, if at all, does this verse relate to the First Commandment? How does this verse relate to Gen 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7? How does this verse relate to the variant non-MT variant in Dt 32:8-9 (as reproduced in HarperCollins)? Why is any of this important?
Be sure to provide a careful, well-written essay which gives ample biblical examples (proof texts) to support the point(s) you wish to make.
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1. 1. The Documentary Hypothesis holds that the Pentateuch has a
number of underlying documents (alt., sources) that were
ultimately gathered and sewn into the Pentateuch as we now
have it. The method of separating those underlying documents is
called source criticism. Please perform a source-critical analysis
of Gen 1-3. In so doing, please identify the significant features
that distinguish each underlying document. Note: There are
many such features.
2. Why are covenants important in the Bible? What do they
accomplish? Are they all the same, whether in structure or
outlook? Do the different writers view them differently? What
does the ancient Near Eastern background to the biblical
covenant contribute to our understanding?
3. Dt 6:4 used to be translated
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] our God, the LORD
[YHWH] is one.”
Currently, we translate
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] is our God, the LORD
[YHWH] alone.”
In all likelihood, the second translation is grammatically
preferable. What is the interpretive difference between “one”
and “alone”? Is it significant? How, if at all, does this verse
relate to the First Commandment? How does this verse relate to
Gen 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7? How does this verse relate to the
variant non-MT variant in Dt 32:8-9 (as reproduced in
HarperCollins)? Why is any of this important?
Be sure to provide a careful, well-written essay which gives
![1. The Documentary Hypothesis holds that the Pentateuch has a
number of underlying documents (alt., sources) that were
ultimately gathered and sewn into the Pentateuch as we now
have it. The method of separating those underlying documents is
called source criticism. Please perform a source-critical analysis
of Gen 1-3. In so doing, please identify the significant features
that distinguish each underlying document. Note: There are
many such features.
2. Why are covenants important in the Bible? What do they
accomplish? Are they all the same, whether in structure or
outlook? Do the different writers view them differently? What
does the ancient Near Eastern background to the biblical
covenant contribute to our understanding?
3. Dt 6:4 used to be translated
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] our God, the LORD
[YHWH] is one.”
Currently, we translate
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD [YHWH] is our God, the LORD
[YHWH] alone.”
In all likelihood, the second translation is grammatically
preferable. What is the interpretive difference between “one”
and “alone”? Is it significant? How, if at all, does this verse
relate to the First Commandment? How does this verse relate to
Gen 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7? How does this verse relate to the
variant non-MT variant in Dt 32:8-9 (as reproduced in
HarperCollins)? Why is any of this important?
Be sure to provide a careful, well-written essay which gives](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/1-221201182122-18470770/85/1-the-documentary-hypothesis-holds-that-the-pentateuch-has-a-numberdocx-1-320.jpg)
