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This popular textbook regards the Pentateuch as a literary whole, with a single theme that binds it together. The overarching theme is the partial fulfillment of the promises to the patriarchs. Though the method of the book is holistic, the origin and growth of the theme is also explored using the methods of traditional source analysis. An important chapter explores the theological function of...

4 the vast majority of those who have sinned are punished and the mitigation takes effect only for one man and his family;5 in 5 all those who have sinned are punished, and there is no direct mitigation. These variations are not insignificant. Where God’s relationship with individuals is concerned, his dealing can be highly personalized (note especially the differing punishments for the three principal actors in the Fall story). But where a whole community’s relationship with God is involved, the
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