The Nature of the Priestly Tradition in the Pentateuch
A Case Study of the Flood Narrative
von Jianfeng LiThe Priestly tradition (P) has been recognized for
more than a century by Old Testament scholars as one
of the major literary strata in the formation of the Pentateuch.
The present study investigates the nature of P
by taking the flood narrative (Gn 6,5-9,17), one of the
important texts in the Old Testament, and offers a new
detailed redaction-, historical and text-critical study.
more than a century by Old Testament scholars as one
of the major literary strata in the formation of the Pentateuch.
The present study investigates the nature of P
by taking the flood narrative (Gn 6,5-9,17), one of the
important texts in the Old Testament, and offers a new
detailed redaction-, historical and text-critical study.