Authorship and Composition of the Torah
 





I.

Introduction: What is the difference between authorship and composition?





II.

Authorship of the Torah






A.
The Traditional View

B.
Difficulties with the Traditional View: At least ten things that have caused committed Christians to question the traditional view

C.
A Critical View of Moses' Involvement in the Origins of the Torah








III.

Modern Critical Views of the Composition of the Torah






A.
The Graf-Welhausen Hypothesis/The Documentary Hypothesis/The JEDP Theory

B.
Recent Modifications to the Documentary Hypothesis








IV.

What does all this mean for people of faith?


















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