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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..."
"...that supports the power of the priest are obviously called the P school. Okay? For priest. And then the school that tries to go..."
"...is from the J school. The other line is from the P school. It's very confusing to read. If you don't understand this history..."
"...order. Okay? Like E school goes first and J school then P school then D school. Okay? They just put them all together. Does..."
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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