The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
74. What Is “P” - Source or Editor?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Philippe Guillaume [+]
University of Berne
Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).
Description
The “P” acronym is one remnant of the old JEDP system of Pentateuchal sources, thanks to a particular style that makes its identification fairly reliable. P begins in Genesis 1, but the main issue today is where it ends.