Editing Priestly source (section)

==Narrative of the Priestly source==
The Priestly source begins with the [[Genesis creation narrative|narrative of the creation of the world]] and ends at the edge of the Promised Land, telling the story of the Israelites and their relationship with their god, [[Yahweh]],<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Consuming Fire, Hebrew Edition: The Complete Priestly Source, from Creation to the Promised Land |last=Feldman |first=Liane M. |publisher=University of California Press |date=April 16, 2024 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9780520383685/html |isbn=9780520383685}}</ref> encompassing, though not continuously, the first four books of the Pentateuch, (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers). The Priestly source makes evident [[covenant (biblical)|four covenants]], to Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses, as God reveals Himself progressively as [[Elohim]], [[El Shaddai]], and Yahweh. Fragments belonging to the Priestly source known as the P texts, whose number and extent have achieved a certain consensus among scholars (e.g. Jenson 1992, Knohl 2007, Römer 2014, and Faust 2019).<ref>Buhler, Axel, et al. (November 17, 2023), p. 8.</ref>

Recently Axel Buhler et al. (2023), to apply an algorithm, considered the 'priestly base text' (''Priesterliche Grundschrift''), as running, though not continually, from Genesis 1 to Exodus 40, and "characterized by an inclusive monotheism, with the deity gradually revealing itself to humanity and to the people of Israel in particular,"<ref>Buhler, Axel, et al. (November 17, 2023), p. 2.</ref> beginning in Genesis 1-11, where God is called Elohim,<ref>Buhler, Axel, et al. (November 17, 2023), p. 3.</ref> and ending "with the construction of the [[tabernacle|tent of meeting]] (Exodus 25–31*; 35–40*)," reflecting, along with cult, "a progressive revelation of YHWH." This text is dated to the early Persian period (end of the 6th century or beginning of the 5th century BCE), and as the rites highlighted there, [[brit milah|circumcision]] and [[Shabbat|Sabbath]], do not need a temple, the text shows its "universalist, monotheistic and peaceful vision."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Exploring the Stylistic Uniqueness of the Priestly Source in Genesis and Exodus Through a Statistical/computational Lens |journal=SocArXiv |date=November 17, 2023 |first1=Axel| last1=Buhler |display-authors=etal |pages=1–16 |doi=10.31235/osf.io/mduy2 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>Buhler, Axel, et al. (November 17, 2023), p. 3.</ref> Buhler et al. (2023) also concluded that P texts correspond to around 20% of the narrative in Genesis (292/1533 verses), 50% of that in Exodus (596/1213 verses), and 33% in both (888/2746 verses).<ref>Buhler, Axel, et al. (November 17, 2023), p. 9.</ref>