From paradise to the promised land: an introduction to the Pentateuch

Part 1. The main themes of the Pentateuch. An overview of the Pentateuch

God's temple-city

The royal lineage in Genesis

The blessing of the nation

Paradise lost

By faith Abraham...

Who is the Lord?

The Passover

The covenant at Sinai

The tabernacle

Be holy

The sacrificial system

The clean and the unclean foods

Toward the promised land

Murmurings

Love and loyalty

Why Israel?

The Pentateuch and the biblical metanarrative

Part 2. Pentateuchal criticism. Introduction to Pentateuchal criticism

The rise of the documentary hypothesis

Going behind the documents

The documentary hypothesis under threat

Exodus 19:1-31:18 : a test case

The future of Pentateuchal studies.