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Prayer to Archangel Michael for Palestine

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Archangel Michael, heavenly defender, angel of peace and war

May you defend the people of Palestine with the power of the Divine Father

May your sword guide them, and may the Holy Spirit shield them

Bring the enemies to their knees as your light opens their eyes

Wash away the fear of the children as your wings cradle them

Archangel Michael, warrior who fears not, and in the name of the Divine Father, Palestine shall not fall. Amen.

Yahwist - Ветошь

Moonworshipper Records

1. "Jahwist"(a.k.a. Yahwist or Jehovist) or simply "J". - Mainly dealing w/ Noah's descendants, "Moses", Mt. Sinai, the 10 commandments, & the Tower of Babel. Provides the bulk of the material concerning Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. Provides much, but not all, of Exodus chapters 1–18. Both J & P(explained below) provide almost an equal share of Genesis & Exodus, making it difficult to decipher the derivation of the texts. The Jahwist tale of Jacob's ladder involves a simple dream in which God is simply above Beth-El(House of God), without the ladder or angels.  2. Deuteronomist(D) - Mainly dealing w/ Deuteronomic Code originating from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers (the first four books of the Torah) and the history of the books of Chronicles. Also associated w/ editorial reworkings of Jeremiah. 3. Elohist(E) - Begins Gen. 12. The Elohist version of the tale of Jacob's ladder involves a ladder of angels with God at the top, leading to Jacob later dedicating the place as Beth-El(House of God). E is theorized to have been composed by collecting together the various stories of the Dan, Napthali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim, Manasseh, & Benjamin Israelite tribes along w/ the Levites, and weaving them into a single text. In particular it records the importance of Ephraim.  4. Priestly Source(P) - Provides all of Genesis 1, Adam's descendants, most or all of Leviticus. Primarily a product of the post-Exilic period when Judah was a province of the Persian empire. P makes some additions to the stories of the plagues of Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea, plus providing the story of the first Passover, the manna in the wilderness, and Sabbath observance. P also provides part of the Flood story, the Table of Nations, and the genealogy of Shem(i.e., Abraham's ancestry), the covenant with Abram, and a few other stories concerning Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. P was responsible for Exodus chapters 25-31 and 35-40, the instructions for making the Tabernacle, and the story of its fabrication. In Numbers the Priestly source contributes chapters 1-10:28, 15-20, 25-31, and 33-36.

During most of the 20th century the dominant view among scholars was that the Torah had been composed by intertwining four originally separate and complete documents, of which the Yahwist was one—this was called the documentary hypothesis. In the last quarter of the 20th century the consensus over the documentary hypothesis unraveled, and although it still has supporters there are now many alternatives. These alternatives can be broadly divided between "fragmentary" and "supplementary" theories. Fragmentary hypotheses, seen notably in the work of Rolf Rendtorff and Erhard Blum, see the Pentateuch(first five books of the Torah) as "growing" through the gradual "accretion" of material into larger and larger blocks before being joined together, first by a Deuteronomic writer, which was composed in the late 7th century BCE, and then by a Priestly writer(6th/5th century), who also added his own material.