Sources of the Pentateuch: Text, Introduction, Annotations - Paperback

by Antony F. Campbell (Author), Mark A. O'Brien (Author)

Here are indispensable tools for the student of Pentateuchal source analysis:

The complete NRSV text of the Priestly document, the Yahwist narrative, the Elohist texts, and non-source texts of the Pentateuch as identified by Martin Noth

Introductions that review the history of source-oriented research and the current debate over the origin and growth of the Pentateuch

Annotations that help with the understanding of source-critical decisions

Studies of three composite texts that exemplify the nature of the problem and possible approaches to a solution.

Back Jacket

This book presents the whole of the Pentateuch as what it first of all for the reader--and where every interpretation must begin--as literature, especially as a part of the history of ancient Israel's literature.