Table 3.Y Literary Sources of Exodus

Table 3.Y Literary Sources of Exodus

Following in the main the literary analysis of Friedman (1987), this table categorizes the legal collections and narratives of the book of Exodus according to their reputed literary sources.

	Yahwist (J)	Elohist (E)	Priestly (P)	Editor
Transition				1:1-5
New Generation			1:6-7
Enslavement		1:8-12	1:13-14
Infanticide	1:22	1:15-21
Moses' birth and early years	2:1-23a
Israel's cry			2:23b-25
Moses' call	3:1-8, 16-22; 4:1-31	3:9-15	6:2-25; 7:1-9	6:26-30
Plagues: Moses versus Pharaoh	5:1-6:1; 7:14-29; 8:1-28; 9:1-7, 13-34; 10:1-29; 11:1-9		7:10-13; 9:8-12	11:9-10
Exodus	12:21-23	12:24-39; 13:1-16	12:1-20, 40-49	12:50-51
Red Sea crossing	14:5-7, 10b, 13-14, 19b, 20b, 21b, 24, 27b, 30-31; 15:1-18	13:17-19; 14:11-12, 19a, 20a, 25a; 15:20-21	13:21-22; 14:1-4, 8, 9b, 10a, 10c, 15-18, 21a, 21c, 22-23, 26-27a, 28-29	13:20; 15:19
Marah	15:22b-25a			15:22a, 27
Commands		15:25b-26
Food			16:2-36	16:1
Water		17:2-7		17:1
Amalekites		17:8-16
Jethro		18:1-27
Horeb/Sinai	19:10-25	19:2-9; 20:18-26	19:1
Decalogue		20:1-17	additions
Covenant Code		21:1-23:33
Horeb/Sinai		24:1-18
Tabernacle design			25:1-31:11
Sabbath command			31:12-18
Golden Calf		32:1-33:11
Theophany	34:1-13	33:12-23
Decalogue	34:14-28
Moses' face aglow			34:29-35
Tabernacle construction			34-40