John Van Seters on the origins of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the bible:Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), arguing, with Martin Noth, that Deuteronomy was the original beginning of a history that extended from Deuteronomy to the end of 2 Kings. However, against Noth and others, he held that the so-called Yahwist, the oldest literary source in Genesis, Exodus and Numbers, was written in the 6th century BCE as a prologue to the older Deuteronomistic History, and that the so-called Priestly Writer of the Pentateuch was a later supplement to this history. This approach represented a revival of the "supplementary hypothesis"
The Book of Genesis (comics) girl', which evokes the woman’s subservient status." Chester Brown wrote "Robert Crumb is probably the world's greatest living cartoonist, and his "The Book of Genesis" (2009) might be his masterpiece. It's certainly the best comics adaptation of biblical material that I know of." Brown cited "The Book of Genesis" as an influence on his own biblical graphic novel, "Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus". In 2013 the 'The Book of Genesis' was exhibited at the 55th International Venice Art Biennale. Each page of the graphic novel was individually exhibited in uniformed black frames. The audience was invited to follow