According to classical Judaism, Moses was regarded as the author of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible, known to Christians as the Pentateuch), receiving it from God either as divine inspiration or as direct dictation together with the Oral Torah. Tradition says that this happened during the Exodus, around 1440 BCE. However, over the years several questions have arisen, one example being the record in Deuteronomy 34 of Moses' death. The Talmud explains this by saying that Moses wrote it in tears in anticipation of his death. Modern scholars say that the Pentateuch was really written around one thousand years after the time attributed to Moses. On this view, Moses did not really write any part of the Bible.
The Book of Deuteronomy is believed to have been written during the seventh-century-BCE reign of King Josiah. The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers were completed in much the form we know today, late in the sixth century BCE. This information does not conform with Moses being the author, but they are the best estimates available to scholars today.
Moses wrote the first five books in The Bible...others wrote the rest. CARM show the list of whom and when - see related link.
When was the Bible written and who wrote it?
by Matt Slick
The following dates are not always exact, but are very good estimates.
Old TestamentBookAuthorDate WrittenGenesisMoses? - 1445 B.C.ExodusMoses1445 - 1405 B.C.LeviticusMoses1405 B.C.NumbersMoses1444 - 1405 B.C.DeuteronomyMoses1405 B.C.JoshuaJoshua1404-1390 B.C.JudgesSamuel1374-1129 B.C.RuthSamuel1150? B.C.First SamuelSamuel1043-1011 B.C.Second SamuelEzra?1011-1004 B.C.First KingsJeremiah?971-852 B.C.Second KingsJeremiah?852-587 B.C.First ChroniclesEzra?450 - 425 B.C.Second ChroniclesEzra?450 - 425 B.C.EzraEzra538-520 B.C.NehemiahNehemiah445 - 425 B.C.EstherMordecai?465 B.C.JobJob???PsalmsDavid1000? B.C.Sons of Korah wrote Psalms 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87; Asaph wrote Psalms 50, 73-83; Heman wrote Psalm 88; Ethan wrote Psalm 89; Hezekiah wrote Psalms 120-123, 128-130, 132, 134-136;Solomon wrote Psalms 72, 127.ProverbsSolomon wrote 1-29
Agur wrote 30
Lemuel wrote 31950 - 700 B.C.EcclesiastesSolomon935 B.C.Song of SolomonSolomon965 B.C.IsaiahIsaiah740 - 680 B.C.JeremiahJeremiah627 - 585 B.C.LamentationsJeremiah586 B.C.EzekielEzekiel593-560 B.C.DanielDaniel605-536 B.C.HoseaHosea710 B.C.JoelJoel835 B.C.AmosAmos755 B.C.ObadiahObadiah840 or 586 B.C.JonahJonah760 B.C.MicahMicah700 B.C.NahumNahum663 - 612 B.C.HabakkukHabakkuk607 B.C.ZephaniahZephaniah625 B.C.HaggaiHaggai520 B.C.ZechariahZechariah520 - 518 B.C.MalachiMalachi450 - 600 B.C.
New TestamentBookAuthorDate Written(A.D)MatthewMatthew60'sMarkJohn Marklate 50'searly 60'sLukeLuke60JohnJohnlate 80's
early 90'sActsLuke61RomansPaul551 CorinthiansPaul542 CorinthiansPaul55GalatiansPaul49EphesiansPaul60PhilippiansPaul61ColossiansPaul601 ThessaloniansPaul50 - 512 ThessaloniansPaul50 - 511 TimothyPaul622 TimothyPaul63TitusPaul62PhilemonPaul60Hebrews(Paul, Apollos, Barnabas...?)60'sJamesJames, half brother of Jesus40's or 50's1 PeterPeter632 PeterPeter63 - 641 JohnJohnlate 80's
early 90's2 JohnJohnlate 80's
early 90's3 JohnJohnlate 80's
early 90'sJudeJude, half brother of Jesus60's or 70'sRevelationJohnlate 80's
early 90's
Note: The dating for Revelations is debated.
According to classical Judaism, Moses was regarded as the author of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible, known to Christians as the Pentateuch), receiving it from God either as divine inspiration or as direct dictation together with the Oral Torah. Tradition says that this happened during the Exodus, around 1440 BCE. However, over the years several questions have arisen, one example being the record in Deuteronomy 34 of Moses' death. The Talmud explains this by saying that Moses wrote it in tears in anticipation of his death, and another tradition is that Joshua completed Deuteronomy shortly after the death of Moses.
Modern scholars say that the Pentateuch was really written almost one thousand years after the time attributed to Moses. On this view, Moses did not really write any part of the Bible.
For more information, please visit:
http://christianity.answers.com/bible/the-pentateuch-explained
http://christianity.answers.com/theology/moses-in-history-and-tradition
Tradition states that the Torah was given by God to Moses (Exodus 24:12) in 1312 BCE. Moses taught it to the people (Exodus ch.34), and put it in writing before his death (Deuteronomy 31:24) in 1272 BCE.
The following paragraphs will point out a few of the many shortcomings of Biblical-Criticism and show the reliability of the Torah."Although critics contended that the Hebrew Bible is unhistorical and untrustworthy, time and time again, the archaeological record supports places, times, and events mentioned in Scripture. We now have archaeological information about a number of patriarchal towns mention in Scripture, including Bethel, Shechem, Jerusalem, Mamre, Gerar, Beer-sheba, and Dothan" (Professor John Arthur Thompson, The Bible and Archaeology). The personal names Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are names of the time and area mentioned in the Bible (ibid).
"One city after another, one civilization after another, one culture after another, whose memories were enshrined only in the Bible, have been restored to their proper places in ancient history by the studies of archaeologists" (Prof. Gleason Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction).
No parchment, scroll, or inscription has ever been found that would support the Bible-critics' JEPD (different sources) hypothesis, which remains a set of postulates. And those ancient writers who mention, describe, summarize or translate the Torah (Josephus, Samaritans, Targum, Septuagint etc.), describe it in its complete form.
Archaeological finds, such as the Ugarit documents and those of Nuzu, Mari, Susa, Ebla, and Tel el-Amarna, have repeatedly caused the critics to retract specific claims. The entire social milieu portrayed in the Torah, once criticized as anachronistic, has been shown to be historically accurate, including customs of marriage, adoption, contracts, inheritance, purchases, utensils, modes of travel, people's names and titles, etc. Professor Gleason Archer states: "In case after case where historical inaccuracy was alleged as proof of late and spurious authorship of the biblical documents, the Hebrew record has been vindicated by the results of excavations, and the condemnatory judgment of the Documentary theorists have been proved to be without foundation."
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He wrote the first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) shortly before his death (Deuteronomy 31:24). Tradition places this in the year 1272 BCE.
Jewish tradition is that Moses wrote the Torah (Deuteronomy 31:24) in the year 1272 BCE.
St. Peter only wrote some of the epistles of the Bible, not the whole thing....
God used forty human authors to write the Bible.
Jochebed is Mose's Mother. You can check your bible in Exodus 6:20. GOD Bless you all! :-)
No, The Bible is the inspired word of God. Meaning , God inspired the writers to write what they did. In other words, it is God spreaking to you when you read the Bible.
God directly wrote no books but He inspired all of the writers of the Bible.
The bible reveals that God is Love--but don't forget that God didn't write the bible. Men wrote the bible--out of their experience with God--however short their experience or their understanding.
God inspired people to write the Bible through the Holy Spirit He sent to earth.But God is the MAIN author of the bible.
Yes. God inspired the humans to write it.
God used many people to write the bible. One of them is Moses, he wrote the book of genesis. They writers of the bible are either instructed by God or inspired by the Holy spirit( the holy spirit tells them)
God has never writen in the bible. The original bible was writen by men working from the writings and stories of those who knew Jesus.
All of them!!!
God inspired about 40 authors to write the Bible over a span of about 1,600.