01_Biblica_Hong_Layout 1 08/07/13 12:54 Pagina 339 339 ABRAHAM, GENESIS 20–22, AND THE NORTHERN ELOHIST True, Baden’s model brings much-needed refinement to source criti- cism, but its refinement centers on the proper way of identifying sources based on narrative flow and contradicting historical claims. This study calls for a further refinement of the distinction between the provenance of traditions included in E and the orientation of E as a document. In short, recognizing the significance of the late emergence of the southern Judean identity formed around Abraham and its competing relation with the earlier northern Israelite identity formed around Jacob helps us see more clearly the problem intrinsic to some branches of source criticism, as well as the necessity of the tradition-historical inquiry as a necessary companion to any literary-historical study. Yonsei University Koog P. HONG 50 Yonsei-ro Seodaemun-gu Seoul, South Korea SUMMARY This article addresses the provenance of the Elohistic Abraham section (Genesis 20–22*) in order to clarify the divergence between the source and tradition-historical models in pentateuchal criticism. Examining arguments for E’s northern provenance demonstrates that none of them applies directly to E’s Abraham section. The lack of Abraham tradition in early biblical lit- erature further undermines the source model’s assumption of Israel and Judah’s common memory of the past. The southern provenance of Genesis 20–22 is more likely, and the current combination of Abraham and Jacob traditions is probably a result of the Judeans’ revision of Israelite tradition. © Gregorian Biblical Press 2013 - Tutti i diritti riservati