Tag: Pentateuch

• Who Wrote the Bible’s first 5 Books? (ii)

  There are still people who believe the Bible is “inerrant”. This would have astonished those editors for whom inconsistencies and even contradictions were such a non-issue they made little attempt to ‘iron them out’. They clearly didn’t imagine they were writing the ‘infallible word of God’, nor should we. For example, in Exodus 6 (P…

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  1st May 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Deuteronomy, God, Inerrant, Legend, Moses, Myth, Pentateuch, Priests, Stories

• Who Wrote the Bible’s first 5 Books? (i)

  It was long believed by Jews and Christians alike that the first 5 books (or scrolls) of the Hebrew Bible, (the Pentateuch), had been written by Moses, around the 15th century BCE. In the Middle Ages, however, attention was drawn to Gen.12:6 which says, “the Canaanites were then in the land”, meaning this was no…

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  27th Apr 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bible, History, Israel, Moses, Pentateuch, Pharaoh, Ramesses, Stories, Yahweh

• Genesis One – Its ‘Beginnings’

  The Book of Genesis is neither a science book, nor a history book. It’s a story book, containing some of the world’s most memorable tales. In its final form, involving the work of one or more editors, it’s a collection of traditional stories, originally shared by word of mouth, before being written down. These stories…

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  8th Mar 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Big Bang, Creation, Genesis, Israelites, Myths, Pentateuch, Priests, Sabbath