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  1. May 6, 2024 · Genesis, the first book of the Bible, contains some of the most incredible stories in all of Scripture. The majority of biblical scholars have attributed the authorship of Genesis to Moses, but this has not gone without contest.

  2. Sep 5, 2023 · The Apostle Matthew is traditionally named as the author of the Book of Matthew, which is the first book and Gospel of the New Testament of the Bible. However, this book of the Bible is anonymous because nowhere in the Gospel does it say exactly who wrote it.

  3. Genesis is part of the Torah or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. Tradition credits Moses as the Torah's author.

  4. Jul 17, 2020 · For at least 1,000 years, both Jewish and Christian tradition held that a single author wrote the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—which...

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  5. Feb 27, 2024 · In Romans 10:5, Paul cites Moses as the author of Leviticus. Moses’ authorship of the book of Genesis remained uncontested until the 19th century, when scholars began to challenge the traditional view. One objection arose from the events recorded in Genesis predating Moses’ existence.

  6. Nov 5, 2024 · Traditionally, both Jews and Christians believe Moses is the author and compiler of Genesis and each of the first five books of the Bible also called the Pentateuch. It is supported by passages such as Exodus 17:14 , where God tells Moses to "write this for a memorial in a book," and Deuteronomy 31:9 , which mentions that Moses wrote the law ...

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  8. Oct 23, 2023 · Scholars led by Julius Wellhausen argued that there were four different sources behind the first five books of the Bible: the Yahwist, the Elohist, the Deuteronomist, and the Priestly source. In other words, at least four different authors stood behind the creation of these books.

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