It is in fact possible to speak of a revolution in the way the Bible relates masters to slaves. This revolution forms the presuppositions for the New Testament's Christology and anthropology, and whenever... given an adequate hearing, it creates movements of unrest which... will continue until this revolution finally reaches its goal.

In the eighth century, prophets began to appear whose words were addressed to the nation as a whole, because the mission of these prophets was to set the life of the people of God in the light of the future God was preparing for them.

The most prominent theme of the Elohist is the Fear of God.