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The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. This encyclopedic work is characterized by its close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, editors T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, with an...

and Numbers (Campbell and O’Brien, 91–160). Originating from the southern kingdom of Judah (Friedman 1987, 61–67), it was written about 850 B.C. The second source used the divine name Elohim (Heb ĕlōhîm), so it is called the Elohist and abbreviated E. Starting with Genesis 15 (Campbell and O’Brien, 161–93), it covers material similar to J. It arose in the northern kingdom of Israel (at times also designated “Ephraim”; Jenks; Friedman 1987, 61–67) around 750 B.C. These two sources, difficult to distinguish
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