How long did it take to write the Ten Commandments?

Answer 1

From the perspective of an infinite God, the Ten Commandments would have been written out of our linear time construct, thus from a human point of view, it would appear to take either a non-measurable instant or an unfathomable eternity. If the question refers to the invention, rather than the physical execution, the prevailing thought would be that the Ten Commandments are one expression of God's eternal nature and were always present to be given to mankind in God's timing.

Assuming that God translated the action to our earthly time for human benefit, our best perspective is to envision that they were emblazoned upon the sapphire tablets in a seconds long flash of laser-like, etching glory.

Answer 2

Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b) states that the prophetic books were written by the authors whose names they bear: Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, etc. Judges is credited to Samuel, Kings was written by Jeremiah, Ruth was written by Samuel; Lamentations was written by Jeremiah; Psalms was set in writing by King David; Chronicles was written by Ezra; Proverbs, Song of Songs and Kohellet (Ecclesiastes) were written by King Solomon; and Esther was written by Mordecai and Esther.

The Torah was given by God to Moses (Exodus 24:12), who transmitted it to the people and wrote it (Deuteronomy 31:24).

The above took place over a total of one thousand years, during which these prophets lived.

Answer 3

Some believe that the Torah was written by Moses during the Exodus of the fifteenth century BCE. This means that Moses could have taken up to 40 years to write it.

However, scholars tell us that the Torah was written by several authors over a period of several hundred years in the first half of the first millennium BCE. The principal authors, or sources, were the Yahwist ('J'), Elohist ('E'), Deuteronomist ('D') and Priestly ('P') sources. The Yahwist and Elohist sources are believed to have lived early in the millennium. The Deuteronomist is believed to have lived during the reign of King Josiah. The Priestly source is believed to have lived during or shortly after the Babylonian Exile. A Redactor, who edited and completed the Torah much as we see it today, lived some time after the Exile. Since they all contributed to the Books, it took several centuries to write the Torah.

Answer 4

A matter of weeks or months, at most.

The Torah's history:

According to tradition, Moses wrote a scroll containing the narratives of Genesis, at God's command, before the formal Giving of the Torah (Rashi commentary, Exodus ch.24). It was this scroll which he read to the Israelites (Exodus 24:7) as an introduction to what God's covenant would entail. These narratives were not unknown to the Israelites, since they had carefully preserved the traditions of the events of the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (see Midrash, Shemot Rabbah 5:18 and 22).
The words of this scroll were soon incorporated in the complete Torah itself by God, including the ancient traditions of the Creation, the Flood etc. (These traditions had been known by mankind worldwide, except that among the other nations [the idolaters] they had become garbled with idolatrous drivel.)
When God gave the Ten Commandments (Exodus ch.19-20), He gave them in writing, inscribed on stone tablets (Exodus 31:18), while He taught the rest of the Torah to Moses orally, on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:12), without writing it.
At God's command and precise dictation (Deuteronomy 1:3), Moses penned the entire Torah (Deuteronomy 31:24) shortly before his death, so that it included events that had happened in the preceding months (such as Numbers ch.20).

No Hebrew copy of the Torah has ever been found to differ with the others, worldwide. The Torah we possess today contains the exact wording written by Moses.See also:

Debunking the JEPD Documentary Hypothesis

The authorship of the Hebrew Bible

What is the history of the Hebrew Bible?

Some facts about Torah-scrolls

Answer 5

Answer:The Torah itself states that Moses put it in writing (Deuteronomy 31:24). Anything else is speculation.

About a year or longer.

Answer 6

It took 1600 years for The Bible to be written.

Answer 7

Nobody knows for sure, but most biblical historians estimate it took at least 1,600 years to complete all of the books.

Answer 8

The prophets wrote their books, from the time of Moses (Deuteronomy 31: 24) down to the time of Ezra, one thousand years.

Answer 9

Half a year or more.

Answer 10

1000 years