Primeval History: Four Traditions Of Authorship

Priestly (P) writers use what name for God?

What is most of the subject matter of the Deuteronomist writers?

“When they heard the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden“ Gn 3:8

“This then is the commandment“ Dt 6:1

How were the stories in Genesis passed on from generation to generation?

How do we know if a biblical passage is written by the Deuteronomist (D) writers?

What does Adonai mean?

“This is the law which Moses set before the Israelites” Dt 4:44

“But a God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him” Gn 20:3

The Elohist (E) writers use which name for God?

Deuteronomist writers encourage people to follow laws not only out of duty but out of

“Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light” Gn 1:3-5

What does Deuteronomy mean?

What do the Priestly writers place a great emphasis on?

What name do the Yahwist (J) use for God?