(November 20, 2018 at 6:49 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(November 20, 2018 at 6:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Let's see what Dr. Price thinks of this Genesis horseshit.
And the key note there is that the J version was compiled from earlier folklore and mythology into one big, steaming, pile of mythology.
I mean, it makes a lot of sense. And it explains why, in my last reading of the story of Cain, I had this perception that there was poor flow from the story of Adam and Eve to the story of Cain, almost as if the fall (as depicted in the Adam and Eve story) never happened per the story of Cain (and almost as if Adam and Eve were all of a sudden not the only first parents of the human race).
If I may ask, which of the four models used to explain the origins and composition of the Pentateuch do you find most convincing?
Or do you view it to be the result of a combination of models?