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He identifies four major biblical schools or factions: J for David/Judah legitimacy, E for the Northern Kingdom, P for priestly power, and D for explaining Israel's fall as disobedience to God; Persia later forces them into one document.
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He identifies four major biblical schools or factions: J for David/Judah legitimacy, E for the Northern Kingdom, P for priestly power, and D for explaining Israel's fall as disobedience to God; Persia later forces them into one document.
"Okay? To Judah. But the Northern Kingdom now needs its own mythology. Its own Bible. Right? And so a second Bible was created. The..."
"...the Northern Kingdom as legitimate house of Israel is called the E school. E. The school that supports the power of the priest are..."
"...A, B, C, D. Okay? So one line is from the E school. The next line is from the J school. The other line..."
"...if you just try to do it by order. Okay? Like E school goes first and J school then P school then D school...."
The Bible begins, in this lecture's argument, as political spin for David: a library of collective imagination that turns usurpation, murder, and fear of rivals into legitimacy, identity, and eventually literature.
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