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"
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood Bedouin family. Modern clips of warfare and destruction are used to illustrate some Old Testament pronouncements about the evils practiced by mankind. The script fairly accurately follows the first nine chapters of "Genesis", with a few added portions, like excerpts from the Song of Songs, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 50. The story begins with the creation of the world. This is told by an old desert shepherd, whose grandson is very young and curious. Oldman also mentioned first couple of human beings, Adam and Eve, their sin and temptation by the snake, which led to their banishment from the Garden