Who wrote the first five books of the Old Testament?
Mosaic authorship is the Judeo-Christian tradition that the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, were dictated by God to Moses. The tradition probably began with the legalistic code of the Book of Deuteronomy and was then gradually extended until Moses, as the central character, came to be regarded not just as the mediator of law but as the author of both laws and narrative.
Mosaic authorship of the Torah was unquestioned by both Jews and Christians until the European Enlightenment when the systematic study of the five books led the majority of scholars to conclude that they are the product of multiple authors throughout many centuries.
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Christopher Skinner
More Mumbo Jumbo, no one really knows who wrote the Torah. Jewish people who are believers have faith in the first five books as having been written by Moses after the Lord dictated them to him but modern linguists perceive different styles and even languages, so they couldn't have been written all by the same person.
Wayne Roberts
The Bible is not factual.
Should ask ‘according to religious claims or beliefs’
Vimala Padmaraj
ONE OPTION IS "NOAH". POOR PERSON, IMAGINE HIM WITH ALL THOSE NOISY ANIMALS AND THE BIRDS AS WELL AS FALLING RAIN, TRYING TO WRITE.
Pat Wells
Jeff Lemke, All guessing about what happened. When was the last time the "Holy Spirit" talked to anyone on the planet?
Elsy O. Stromberg
Not true and it's so stated in the explanation!
Russ Dobell
Vimala Padmaraj, that is funny 😄