Sublime

Scholars call the final editor R, for…

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The name of the second part, Nevi'im, means "Prophets."

Genesis 1-3 is…

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Much writing in the ancient Near East was anonymous. Beyond that, there was no conception that a work…

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Tanakh (an acronym for Torah, or Pentateuch; Nevi’im, or Prophets; and Ketuvim, or Writings).

Tanakh (an acronym for Torah, or Pentateuch; Nevi’im, or Prophets; and Ketuvim, or Writings).

Despite naïve views to the contrary, the Bible was not handed down by God as a complete package but was the result of a series of decisions made over the course of centuries by the leaders of different religious groups, decisions concerning a variety of works written by many authors also over the course of centuries.

In contrast, most of chapters 2-3 is free flowing, with a much looser structure,

The chapter numbers now found in Bibles are not integral to the text. Rather, they date from the…

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