The Poetic Priestly Source

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The Poetic Priestly Source is written by Jason M. H. Gaines and published by Fortress Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1506400469 (ISBN 10) and 9781506400464 (ISBN 13).

Applying criteria for the identification of biblical Hebrew poetry, Jason M. H. Gaines distinguishes a nearly complete poetic Priestly stratum in the Pentateuch (“Poetic P”), coherent in literary, narrative, and ideological terms, from a later prose redaction (“Prosaic P”), which is fragmentary, supplemental, and distinct in thematic and theological concern. Gaines describes the whole of the “Poetic P” source and offers a Hebrew reconstruction of the document. This dramatically innovative understanding of the history of the Priestly composition opens up new vistas in the study of the Pentateuch.