https://www.thetorah.com/author/konrad-schmid Genesis, Exodus, and the Composition of the Torah Prof.Konrad Schmid The story of the ancestors in Genesis serves as a prequel to that of Moses in Exodus. Originally, however, each were self-standing accounts of Israel’s origin. They were combined for the first time by the Priestly author in the post-exilic period. Multiple Sources, One Narrative Arc The narrative arc of Israelite history as told in the Hexateuch, the Bible’s first six books, is familiar: God chooses Abraham and brings him to the promised land.This special relationship continues with Isaac, then Jacob/Israel, and finally the children of Israel. The family ends up in Egypt during a famine, and although Jacob’s son Joseph saves Egypt, a later Pharaoh enslaves the Israelites. God then sends Moses to free the people of Israel, who brings them through the wilderness, after which Joshua leads them into the Promised Land to settle it for good. Most scholars see multiple traditio
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