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Uploaded by on Oct 16, 2010

14-13 = part 126 of series

Next: 14-14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxclM8qUnc

Playlist 7: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C3CB2081F3AF495F
List of uploads within playlist: http://berties-teapot.blogspot.com/

Main channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/heterodoxism2

The writers of the Bible were less concerned with historical accuracy than with allegorical tales with a purpose. The accepted view is that the Deuteronomistic historian redacted earlier works. Their revision of history aimed to maintain the national cultural and religious identity of Israel following a series of devastating military defeats. Redaction criticism examines the evidence of revisionist editing (redaction).

The books of the Torah (Pentateuch) contain numerous internal contradictions -- differences in content, vocabulary, and writing style. These differences are evidence of multiple authors (Documentary Hypothesis). The consensus among many biblical scholars is that there are four main sources (known as J, E, D, and P). These sources contributed to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Further, the final editors are termed as R (redactors). Thus, those responsible for the Hebrew Bible are collectively referred to as J, E, P, D, and R -- where J=Yahwist, E=Elohist, D=Deuteronomist, P=Priestly; and R=Redactors.

The Bible's Buried Secrets website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/
including:
Who Wrote the Flood Story?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/flood.html
Writers of the Bible:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/coogan.html
Archeological Evidence and Timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/evidence.html

Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3C98A764304CBF0

List of uploads within playlist: http://berties-teapot.blogspot.com/2010/01/course-on-hebrew-bible-uploads.html

This is the second part of a Yale University course on the Hebrew Bible. The full course can be found here:
http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebre...
http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebre...

Christine Hayes is Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, she was Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University for three years. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, Hayes offers undergraduate courses on the literature and history of the biblical and talmudic periods (including Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Introduction to Judaism).

http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/facultypages/hayes.html
http://academicearth.org/speakers/christine-hayes-1

Diagrams illustrating the timeline and books of the HB/OT:
http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/hebrew-bible-books-timeline.gif
http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/HebrewBibleOutlinePresentation.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/hebrew-bible-people-and-places.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/four-pentateuch-sources.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/genesis-1-11-structure.htm
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/pentateuch-sources-02.gif

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/search.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/gloss.html

http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Study-Bible-Publication-Translation/dp/0195297547

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

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  • uhm what video of yours show form criticism?

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