RELS 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sheol, Intertestamental Period, Isaiah 53
22 Jan 2018
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Torah: the ve books of moses (pentateuch/torah) genesis, exodus, leviticus, Prophets (nevi"im): both the early historical books like joshua, judges, chronicles as well as the actual prophets: isiah, jeremiah, micah, etc . Writings (khetuvim): from ancient wisdom literature (job, ecclesiastes) to other stories (ruth, nehemiah) and liturgical poems (e. g. psalms, proverbs, song of. Composed and edited over many centuries (1200bce 400?) by multiple authors and editors. Written in a range of literary styles. The hebrew tanakh consists of these works, written in hebrew; there are other. Intertestamental texts, written in greek such as tobit, judith, 1 and 2 maccabees, Wisdom, sirach, and an extra part of daniel. Scholars have suggested for main authors for the ot: yahwist: 9th c. bce god is referred to in human terms, in complex narratives, elohist: 8th c. bce emphasis on covenant, deuteronomist: 6th c. bce, priestly: 6-5th c. bce.
