Look. A woman is writing on parchment, a scroll.*We don't know her name. Her king, Solomon, hasdied, and the whole country's going to hell under thenew king, Rehoboam. The year is 937 BCE. Banishedfrom the ring of political power, she grounds herselfby collecting the kingdom's ancient stories. Of thefour writers in Genesis, J is the one who deliversthe earthly creatures-Noah, Joseph, Jacob, Rachel, et al-and, to paraphrase Pogo, they is us. Her castof characters includes the god Yahweh (or Jahweh)who can appear in various guises. She's named J forher intense interest in Yahweh's character.