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Elohistic and Yahwistic sources
-- the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch is no longer held by Biblical
scholars and the first six books of the Bible (the Hexateuch) are usually regarded as
a literary entity compounded of a variety of sources. Among the evidence used
to support this view, is the use of the names Elohim and Yahweh. In some
sections of the Hexateuch Elohim is used, in others Yahweh, and in some the
names are used indifferently, the general conclusion being that the various
sources, written at different periods, were subsequently blended. [BD]
¿ 14.04.94 Zu
