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Authorship of
  • The Pentateuch
  • (The Torah)
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Did Moses write it?
  • Tradition has said he did
  • Deut. 31:9-11   Mark 12:19
  • Why not
    • The author does not sign his name
    • Different styles are used
    • Uses names and facts from later times
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Who did write these 5 books?
  • Authors are identified as
  • J, E, D, P
  • Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomic , Priestly
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Y(J)ahwist
  • Uses the name Yahweh for God even before Moses and the burning bush
  • Speaks of God in human terms
  • Examples can be found in Genesis
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
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Elohist (E)
  • Calls God Elohim
  • God speaks through dreams and angels
  • God is to be feared
  • Examples
  • Genesis 22


  • Exodus 20
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Deuteronomist (D)
  • Uses name Yahweh for God
  • We are one people and must serve only One God


  • Example: Book of Deuteronomy
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Priestly (P)
  • Name used for God - "Elohim" and "El Shaddai"   and "YHWH"
  • Style - precise, formal; lists and genealogies; God is above all (transcendent)
  • Theology - "be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue, have dominion"
  • Examples –
  • Gen. 1
  • 5
  • 17