Endnote 22 – P—Understanding the Priestly Source

See Weinfeld, “Social and Cultic Institutions in the Priestly Source Against Their Ancient Near Eastern Background.” Weinfeld also proposes that Second Isaiah, a book of the Persian period, polemicizes against certain features of the Priestly source, meaning that P must have come earlier. He has also pointed to many cultic practices from other ancient Near Eastern cultures that resemble elements of P.