Who wrote 5 books of the Bible?

Answer 1

The first 5 books of The Bible; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy were written by Moses. These five books are called the Torah, Law, or Pentateuch. The Ten Commandments is in Exodus 20:1-17. The first 5 books are Genesis which is the beginning, Exodus which is Israel's deliverance from slavery, Leviticus which was the laws of living holy and worship, Numbers which is Israel's wilderness wandering in Sinai, and in Deuteronomy, Moses reiterate the laws in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers.

Moses wrote the 1st 4 books of the Bible!

Answer 2

First Answer:

Traditional Judaism says they were transcribed by Moses, listening to God. (This is how Moses was able to describe his own death.)

Second Answer:

Moses is believed to be the writer of the first five books of the Bible, with the following 'exceptions'.

Firstly it is obvious that Moses did not write the details of his own death and this was added later, quite possibly by Joshua. Understanding this makes no difference to the substantial Mosaic character of the rest.

Secondly, nowhere in scripture itself does it claim that Moses wrote the entire five books, although it is clear that he did write substantial portions as claimed, some of which was recording exacts words from God, such as the 10 Commandments. Moses was also in a position to write the entire Pentateuch as he (with the exception of Genesis) was a direct participant in the events and recipient of the teachings he describes.

Thirdly, it is also suggested by some scholars that Moses collected the information which eventually formed the book of Genesis. He either did this from oral tradition or also from tablets. This latter 'tablet theory' has gained some recognition due to the presence of 'toledoth phrases' which are understood to mark the end of each tablet and also designate the subject matter. There are a number of these in Genesis and here Abraham is considered as a possible author of them.

Fourthly, the differences in style as suggested by the JEDP Theory of Documentary Hypothesis are easily explained even with examples of modern literature where authors change style according to subject matter. There is also substantial unity in the documents which cannot be explained by multiple authors of vastly different time periods.

Fifthly, the presuppositions of the Documentary Hypothesis have largely been refuted by factual discoveries in the area of Archaeology and further literary studies (as mentioned above). Thus the continued belief in multiple authors is a belief which is not supported by actual evidence. Wellhausen clearly ignored the discoveries of archaeology in his own day and ideas of multiple authors continue to do so.

The evidence, together with clear statements in the texts themselves point to Moses as the author and final editor in the case of Genesis, of the first five books of the Bible.

Answer 3

Traditionally (Deuteronomy 31:24) Moses wrote the first five books of the Jewish Bible which are the same first books in Christian Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy). This collection of books is called the Torah in Hebrew and also known as the Pentateuch meaning five books. These books are also called the Law of Moses or the Books of Moses.

There are modern Biblical scholars that believe these books were written by multiple authors, editors, and redactors (known as the Documentary hypothesis). Orthodox Jews and conservative Christians usually reject this theory affirming that Moses himself is the primary or sole author of these five books and that God commanded Moses to give the law to the people of Israel, who presented it to the entire assembly. Whether it was written down in its entirety or kept in oral form and later written down is up for debate.

Hebrew Biblical scholars at the Technion University in Israel conducted a computer study published in 1982 with results claiming "their exhaustive computer analysis conducted suggested an 82 percent probability that the book has just one author." And the supporters of the Documentary hypothesis did not accept the results of this study.

Answer 4

A:

The first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are traditionally ascribed to Moses as having written them during the Exodus from Egypt.

However, biblical scholars say that Moses was not really the author of the five books, also known collectively as the Pentateuch. Scholars say they were written by a number of authors or sources over a period of several centuries during the first millennium BCE. The books were finalised in Jerusalem by an anonymous editor now known as the Redactor. The main sources of the Pentateuch were:

• The J (Yahwist) source, who always used 'YHVH' as the name for God and used archaic Hebrew. J was a gifted storyteller who was especially interested in the human side of things and had his own characteristic vocabulary. J referred to Moses' father-in-law as Reuel or Hobab. He presents tradition from the point of view of the southern kingdom, Judah, and probably wrote in Jerusalem
• The E (Elohist) source, who always used 'Elohim' as the name for God and presents tradition from the point of view of the northern kingdom, Israel, using archaic Hebrew. E referred to Moses' father-in-law as Jethro. He wrote in Israel.
• At some time around 650 BCE, J and E were combined by Judaean editors, producing a composite known to us asJE.
• The D (Deuteronomist) source, who emphasises centralisation of worship and governance in Jerusalem, as would be expected from political events that followed the defeat of Israel. Writing during the seventh-century-BCE reign of King Josiah, the Deuteronomist uses a more modern form of Hebrew. The Deuteronomist wrote in Jerusalem.
• The P (Priestly) source uses both Elohim and El Shaddai as names of God and focusses on the formal relations between God and society. The Priestly Source also uses a late form of Hebrew, with a rather turgid style. The Priestly Source wrote during the Babylonian Exile, probably in Babylon.
• The Redactor ('R Source') finalised the Pentateuch in more or less the form we know today, shortly after the Babylonian Exile, in Jerusalem.

Answer 5

One tradition says that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible in their entirety, even (with the help of God) describing his own death. Another tradition says that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible, but that others added some details such as the death of Moses. However, the clear consensus of biblical scholars is that the first five books of the Bible were written long after the time attributed to Moses and by more than one author. These are:

• The J (Yahwist) source, who always used 'YHVH' as the name for God and presents tradition from the point of view of the southern kingdom, Judah, using archaic Hebrew. J was a gifted storyteller who was especially interested in the human side of things and had his own characteristic vocabulary.
• The E (Elohist) source, who always used 'Elohim' as the name for God and presents tradition from the point of view of the northern kingdom, Israel, using archaic Hebrew.
• At some time around 650 BCE, J and E writings were combined by Judaean editors, producing a composite known to us as JE.
• The D (Deuteronomist) source, who emphasises centralisation of worship and governance in Jerusalem, as would be expected from political events that followed the defeat of Israel. It uses a more modern form of Hebrew.
• The P (Priestly) source, who uses both Elohim and El Shaddai as names of God and focusses on the formal relations between God and society. He also uses a late form of Hebrew, with a rather turgid style.

Deuteronomy chapter 34 describes the death of Moses.and says that "not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses..." These words could not have been written by Moses or even by any author until long after the establishment of a nation called Israel. There are also many 'doublets' which destroy any unity otherwise present, where each author provided his own, separate version of the same event. We can be sure that had Moses had been the author, he would have chosen a preferred version and stuck with that one, just as he would have called his father-in-law Reuel, Hobab or Jethro, but not all three different names.

Answer 6

The first five books in the New Testament are the four gospels and Acts of the Apostles. They were all written anonymously between about 70 CE and the early years of the second century, so we have no signature to tell us who actually wrote these books.

The second-century Church Fathers attributed the four gospels to the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John respectively. Actswas clearly written by the same author as the third gospel, so they also attributed it to Luke. However, modern scholars say that there is no good reason to accept any of these attributions. In any case, they say that none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed, which certainly rules out Matthew and John. Moreover, it is unlikely that any of the named apostles lived long enough to write these books.

We do not know who wrote the first five books in the New Testament.

Answer 7

Moses (Deuteronomy 31:24).

Answer 8

Moses