FIRST LINE: “In the day that YHWH made earth and skies …” (Genesis 2:4b)
E
NAME: comes from Elohim
WHERE: Israel
WHEN: 922-722 B.C.E.
FIRST LINE: “and he lived between Kadesh and Shur and resided in Gerar.” (Genesis 20:1b)
RJE
NAME: stands for Redactor of J and E
WHERE: Judah
WHEN: post-722 B.C.E.
FIRST LINE: “And Abraham traveled there to the Negeb country.” (Genesis 20:1a)
P
NAME: for the Priestly content that is a large part of it
WHERE: Jerusalem
WHEN: post-722 B.C.E., not long after RJE, perhaps in Hezekiah’s reign (715–687 B.C.E.)
FIRST LINE: “In the beginning …” (Genesis 1:1)
D
NAME: comes from Deuteronomy
WHERE: Judah (Jerusalem?)
WHEN: D is part of the longer Deuteronomistic History, the first edition (Dtr1) of which dates to the reign of King Josiah (640 to 609 B.C.E.); the second edition (Dtr2) dates to the Exile (post-587 B.C.E.)
FIRST LINE: “These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness …” (Deuteronomy 1:1)
R
NAME: for Redactor
IDENTITY: the priest Ezra?
WHERE: Jerusalem
WHEN: mid-fifth century B.C.E.
FIRST LINE: “These are the records of the skies and the earth when they were created.” (Genesis 2:4a)
