Hebrew Bible Source Analysis

Depicted in The Book of Genesis, the first of the five books that makes up the Hebrew bible, is the story of Noah’s entering a covenant with god to save life on Earth. Earth is no longer the creation that God intended it to be, so with plans of destroying mankind; he gave one man the responsibility of all life on Earth, as God prepared to send great floods to wipe out all the evil that had built up. As with many ancient texts it is difficult to know the exact heritage and author of even the most famous pieces, as well as determine the credibility of the source. For the Hebrew people, determining the credibility of their early texts and existence is often hard as there is hardly any archaeological finds or note of them in texts from other societies at the time. The famous Hebrew texts, known as the Tanakh by the Jewish, or the more commonly known version which makes up the Old Testament, are thought to be composed, edited and reedited over a wide time span that stretched more than some 1,000 years from around 1,000 BCE under the reign of King Solomon, into the 1st or 2nd century CE by priestly writers. Although through tradition Moses has been credited the author of Genesis, it was most likely composed and reworked during early during this period from 900 to 721 BCE …show more content…
What the authors describe as events that occurred and shaped the world, it is important to take it with a grain of salt and understand that the authors are writing from a theological perspective where events that could not be explained at the time, made the books in form of myths and stories. It is important to “remember that this group of authors or author is making a religious statement” (Andrea, 57). With the actual events far removed from when the pen hit the paper the authors based their writing on oral tradition and hymns that had been passed down as well as some rare forms of writing (Andrea,