Texts · 16 · Isaac and Rebekah
Priestly texts are easy to spot
While many scholars have abandoned the Yahwist and Elohist, few doubt the Priestly Source. Its texts are so distinctive that many analyses begin by separating them out.
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Scholars then ask whether non-Priestly passages come before or after the Priestly ones.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 268
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