
Masoretic layer 'P'
'P,' also known as the "Priestly" source, is one of the primary sources of the Masoretic text of the Torah in the Hebrew Bible. According to the Supplementary hypothesis presented by Dr. Tzemaḥ Yoreh, 'P' supplements the earlier 'J' narrative with dates, names, and numbers, "thus 'ordering' and authenticating 'J's account." This strata dates from the exilic and early post-exilic period, 571–486 BCE. 'P' is the Pentateuchal (and, to a lesser extent, the Prophetical) source most concerned with the priests, the temple, the regulation of sacrifices (e.g. what to bring on which day), and organization in general, including censuses, the division of labor among the various clans of Levites, and the hierarchy among the tribes. 'P' is responsible for the first of the two creation stories in Genesis (a/k/a Genesis 1), for the genealogies of Adam and Shem, the covenants with Noaḥ and Avraham, and a few other stories concerning Avraham, Yitsḥak and Yaakov. Aside from these, the bulk of 'P's texts are found at the end of Exodus (specifically Exodus 25–40), throughout Leviticus, in Numbers 1–10, and in Joshua 13–21. An important feature of 'P' is their copious addition of lists to the text. Many of these lists are genealogies (e.g. Gen. 5, 11, 36), but they can also be lists of stations on Israel’s journey throughout the wilderness (e.g. Num. 33), cities (e.g. Josh. 14–21), and censuses (e.g. Num. 1–3). By inundating the reader with lists, 'P' attempts to enhance the authority of the Bible, ensuring that their version of events is accepted over possible alternatives. 'P' was a hands-off redactor, preferring to make their additions at the beginnings and ends of narratives. Note that their creation list and genealogical lists appear entirely before and after the earlier account of creation and expulsion from Eden, respectively. Both additions alter our understanding of the surrounded material in important ways without being invasive. Only when the matter at hand is of grave importance to 'P,' as in the case of the pillaging of the innocent inhabitants of Shechem, does 'P' delve fully into the text.
Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers) | Sefer Bereshit (Genesis) | Parashat Aḥarei Mōt | Parashat Balaq | Parashat b'Midbar | Parashat Bereshit | Parashat b'ha-Alotekha | Parashat b'Har | Parashat b'Ḥuqotai | Parashat Bo | Parashat b'Shalaḥ | Parashat Emor | Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah | Parashat Ḥuqat | Parashat Ki Tissa | Parashat Lekh Lekha | Parashat Mas'ei | Parashat Matōt | Parashat Metsora | Parashat Mishpatim | Parashat Naso | Parashat Noaḥ | Parashat Ph'qudei | Parashat Pinḥas | Parashat Qedoshim | Parashat Qoraḥ | Parashat Sh'mini | Parashat Shemot | Parashat Shlaḥ | Parashat Tazria | Parashat Terumah | Parashat Toldōt | Parashat Tsav | Parashat T'tsavveh | Parashat Va'era | Parashat Vayaqhel | Parashat Vayeḥi | Parashat Vayera | Parashat Vayeshev | Parashat Vayetsei | Parashat Vayigash | Parashat Vayiqra | Parashat Vayishlaḥ | Parashat Yitro | Pesaḥ Readings | Shavuot Readings | Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings | Sefer Shemot (Exodus) | Sukkot Readings | Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus)
אחרי מות Aḥarei Mōt | Aharon | annual Torah reading cycle | anti-predatory | atonement | authority vs. integrity | Azael | Azazel | בלק Balaq | במדבר Bamidbar | Betsalel | בחקתי b’Ḥuqotai | breaking down | camels | census | command-compliance pattern | corporal punishment | covenant code | the daughters of Tselofḥad | אמֹר Emor | ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael | fake news | fast-forward | halakhot | Har Sinai | חקת Ḥuqat | עינוי Innui (self-affliction) | investiture | אשי ישראל ishei yisrael | כבוד kavod | Kohanim | liberation from mitsrayim | מסעי Masei | מטות Matot | Maw of the Earth | מצרע Metsora | Midbar Paran | midbar quest | Midbar Sinai | Midbar Tsyn | Midian | Miriam's well | missing years | Molekh | moving out | mythopoesis | Naming names | נזיר Nazir | נח Noaḥ | Oholiav | פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua | פרשות parashot | פינחס Pinḥas | predation | קדשים Qedoshim | קרח Qoraḥ | קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf | reconnaissance | redaction criticism | ritual purity | rosh ḥodesh | rosh hashanah l'behemah | safe passage | sexual predation | שבת shabbat | פרשת בהר parashat Behar | פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit | פרשת בהעלתך b'Ha'alotekha | פרשת בא Parashat Bo | פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ | פרשת חיי שרה parashat Ḥayyei Sarah | פרשת כי תשא parashat Ki Tisa | פרשת לך לך parashat Lekh Lekha | פרשת משפטים parashat Mishpatim | פרשת נשא parashat Naso | פרשת פיקודי parashat Piqudei | פרשת שמות parashat Shemot | פרשת שלח parashat Shlaḥ | פרשת תזריע parashat Tazria | פרשת תרומה parashat Terumah | פרשת תולדת parashat Toldot | פרשת צו parashat Tsav | פרשת תצוה parashat Ttsavveh | פרשת וארא parashat Va'era | פרשת ויקהל parashat Vayaqhel | פרשת ויחי parashat Vayeḥi | פרשת וירא parashat Vayera | פרשת וישב parashat Vayeshev | פרשת ויצא parashat Vayetsei | פרשת ויגש parashat Vayigash | פרשת יתרו Parashat Yitro | שמיני Sh'mini | שירת הים Shirat haYam | shlepping | שמיטה shmitah | slavery | Song of the Sea | Sukkot Shabbat Hol haMoed | supplementary hypothesis | the Camp | the menorah | המשכן the Mishkan | המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ | the Plains of Moav | theophany | thirty-eight years later | tribes | tsaraat | ויקרא Vayiqra | וישלח Vayishlaḥ | xenophobia | ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim | Yom Kippur | Yosef cycle | יובל Yovel Jubilee | 8th century B.C.E. | 6th century B.C.E. | 31st century A.M. | 33rd century A.M. | 35th century A.M.
📜 פָּרָשַׁת קְדֹשִׁים | Parashat Qedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Contributed on: 13 Apr 2019 by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Masoretic Text | Masoretic layer 'P' | Masoretic layer 'H' | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat Qedoshim, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .