Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 7/14/2006 3:30:28 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kwrandolph AT gmail.com writes:


> James:
> 
> There are more questions here than meets the eye.
> 
> For example, what does it mean "to call upon the name of YHWH"? Is
> this an indication that at this time people were starting to worship
> other gods, 

Look who we have living: Adam and Eve, who walked and talked with God, but 
now have rebelled.  Abel is dead, Cain has gone out and left the presence of 
God 
to become a wanderer upon the earth.  Seth, a third son, has turned to God in 
prayer.  Do you think this little family has made false gods?

> 
> As for the section from 2:5 to 5:2, the literary formula indicates
> that it was written by Adam himself. The next section was written by
> Noah, where he ends his section without a list of descendants
> following it because it went directly to the section written by his
> sons.

Karl, I mentioned this last year on this forum and was stoned.  There are at 
least  twelve such colophans indicating at least twelve authors.  Genesis 5 
is 
the first indicating Seth as the second writer.  Each "This is the book of 
the generations of " is an indication of a different writer.

> 
> As for the authorship of the last 14 chapters of Genesis, this was
> about the time that the ancient literary formula was dropping out of
> style, to be replaced by the modern one where the author and title are
> at the front of the document. At least this is the historical pattern
> that I was told.
> 
> We need to be careful not to eisegete into this section.
> 
> 

Why do we need to be careful not to eisegete the last 14 Chapters of Genesis?

Doug.

Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas