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P. The abbreviation used in Pentateuchal source criticism to designate the Priestly Writer. See PRIESTLY (“P”) SOURCE; TORAH (PENTATEUCH); SOURCE CRITICISM (OT) .
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (5:53). New York: Doubleday.
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P, the siglum for the Priestly source, one of the four sources scholars believe they have found in the Pentateuch. It is concerned with religious ritual and exact specifications of time and measurement. See also Priestly Writer(s); Sources of the Pentateuch.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (740). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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P
A designation of the Priestly source of the Pentateuch.
See Priestly Document.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (997). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
