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What do we really know about who wrote the Pentateuch?
The answer to this question depends on what is meant by "wrote the Pentateuch." Hermeneutically, both the Pentateuch itself, and other books in the Bible, indicate quite strongly that the 5 ...
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What do we really know about who wrote the Pentateuch?
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Despite the Documentary Hypothesis, we know that Moses wrote the Pentateuch. All the circumstantial evidences point towards the fact.
However, evidences also show that holy men have edited the ...
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What do we really know about who wrote the Pentateuch?
Moses: Product of Egypt A lot of the confusion about the Torah arises when it is forgotten that Moses "was reared in Egypt" from infancy to adulthood. As such, Moses was quite familiar with ...
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What do we really know about who wrote the Pentateuch?
The OP's question involves a fundamental assumption about what-is-an-author.
We don't have any ancient records of how the books of the pentateuch were commissioned, drafted, edited, approved and sent ...
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