The Priestly source depicts a formal structure in terms of space, time, and social structure.

The Yahwistic work was then revised and expanded into the final edition by the authors of the Priestly source.

In the documentary hypothesis, the Holiness Code is considered part of the Priestly source.

The hypothesis further asserts that the Holiness Code was subjected to editing by the priestly source.

The Priestly source portrays Yahweh as a God who is interested in ritual.

It is primarily identified as different from the Priestly source (P) in those texts and uses an older form of Hebrew.

The Priestly source is characterized by a formal style that is mostly concerned with priestly matters.

In terms of social structure, the Priestly source portrays Yahweh as granting his presence to the particular people "who know his name."

These sources are the Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, and Priestly source.

Scholars attribute the genealogy to the Book of Generations, a document originating from a similar religiopolitical group and date to the priestly source.

This description is generally identified as part of the Priestly source (P), written in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

The priestly source of the Torah says that Moses used a 'fiery serpent' to cure the Israelites from snakebites.

Adherents of the documentary hypothesis often attribute most of these verses to the Jahwist source, and the remainder to the priestly source.

In Genesis 12-17 three covenants can be distinguished based on the differing Jahwist, Elohist and Priestly sources.

J. Scharbert associates Genesis 6:1-4 with the Priestly source and the final redaction of the Pentateuch.

He is known also for his The Sanctuary of Silence, a book concerning his theories about the dating of the Priestly Source.

The covenant of circumcision, the dietary laws, and the emphasis on making a tabernacle according to a divinely revealed plan are all ascribed to the Priestly source.

In his concluding section Wellhausen restates his argument that the Priestly source is the last to appear, post-dating the Deuteronomist.

However, it is believed, under the hypothesis, to have been an originally separate legal code (referred to as "H") which the priestly source chose to embed into their writing.

The documentary hypothesis describes the Priestly source as using the title Elohim as the general name for God in the primeval period (Genesis 1-11).

To this basic plot (which comes from the Yahwist) the Priestly source has added a series of covenants dividing history into stages, each with its own distinctive "sign".

He theorizes that the Priestly source was written earlier than commonly accepted, during the reign of King Hezekiah (715-687 BCE).

The Priestly source portrays God/Yahweh as the creator of the whole world, which he declared to be good, and on which he has bestowed his blessing.

God blesses Noah and his sons using the same language as the priestly source of the Genesis creation narrative, "Be fruitful and increase and fill the earth."

According to the documentary hypothesis, the Holiness Code represents an earlier text that was edited and incorporated into the priestly source and the Torah as a whole.