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As far as I know , there are three strata of source material for genesis; J, E, and P. J consistently refers to the creator's personal name Yahweh. It is translated in english as Lord, but that is incorrect. The name Yahweh does not carry the meaning lord. This is a later addition. The J source is the oldest. The Elohist source I believe is next, and has its origins in the northern kingdom. Elohim is used in place of Yahweh, and there are various theories as to why this is. P, I believe is the most recent of the three sources. It is believed that all three derive from a common sourceof which we have no specimens. That would make J the closest to the inspired scriptures as pertains to Genesis.

May the name of Yahweh be praised forever

I also remember reading about "D" (the Deuteronomist) adding in a bit, and that "R" (the Redactist...or editor) was the poor guy who had to take the various texts and make them more "PC" when north rejoined with south. (On one side Moses was the hero....the other prefered Aaron, and R had to make 'em jive. I think he also worked on the 2 beasts vs. 7 beasts and other problems of the Flood tale) .

Its been awhile since I read this, so, of course, I could be completely wrong. :-)

As far as I know , there are three strata of source material for genesis; J, E, and P. J consistently refers to the creator's personal name Yahweh. It is translated in english as Lord, but that is incorrect. The name Yahweh does not carry the meaning lord. This is a later addition. The J source is the oldest. The Elohist source I believe is next, and has its origins in the northern kingdom. Elohim is used in place of Yahweh, and there are various theories as to why this is. P, I believe is the most recent of the three sources. It is believed that all three derive from a common sourceof which we have no specimens. That would make J the closest to the inspired scriptures as pertains to Genesis.
May the name of Yahweh be praised forever
43 posted on 12/6/01 9:18 AM Mountain by Emmanual_Goldstein16

My L-rd, Y'shua HaMashiach must never have heard of the documentary hypothesis
as He stated that Moses wrote the Torah.

Tehillim (Psalm) 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

XeniaSt

Got a question for you. Why does the hebrew use the word Elohim for God? Isn't it the plural form of the word?