Modern source critics usually divide the primeval history in Genesis 1–11—from the Creation through the Tower of Babel— into two major strands or sources, designated J (for the Yahwist—Jehovah in its Germanic form) and P (for the Priestly source). According to the traditional formulation of the documentary hypothesis, J, itself a composite source, is … Continue reading The Sources of Genesis 1–11 According to the Documentary Hypothesis