I thought that Nicollete did a good job with her presentation. She was able to remain focused and alert throughout the entirety of her presentation, which helped to keep me interested in what she had to say. While we have discussed in the past during class that the Old Testament was written by more than one author (J author, P author, etc…), her presentation was really able to give substantial proof that this was true. She explained how in some parts, moses is seen as an actor playing in the story, while at other times, it seems he is speaking as the narrator in Deuteronomy. In addition, Moses writes/speaks about his own death, from beyond the grave (ooooo). For anyone who still believes that Moses is the author I laugh.

In any case, Nicollete’s presentation reminded me of one of our very first classes, when we were discussing the book of Genesis. This was when Dr. Solomons first began to teach us about the various authors (J, P) when we got into groups and had to write what was difficult about the reading, many people said that it was difficult to follow, because the story skipped around a lot, then all of a sudden, the text would jump to describing in full detail the ENTIRE lineage of one person. These stylistic differences are best seen in the book of Genesis in my opinion.