Who Wrote The Bible?

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The Documentary Hypothesis is a widely-held theory among modern Biblical scholars that the Pentateuch was the result of the combination of four separate sources. Its final form was the end result of a long process of transmission. During this transmission, many individuals and groups reinterpreted their views of the sacred history to correspond with the ideals and beliefs of their outlook and setting. The four separate source documents were combined into one continuous history. This paper discusses these four sources: Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomistic, and the Priestly Writings.

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"The central work of all literature and religion is the Bible. The Holy Bible has been translated into over 2,000 languages and has distinguished its place in literature as the world's best-selling book. The Old Testament, the history of God's chosen people, the Israelites, and the traditional book of the Jewish religion, is the core of the biblical epic. The Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament, has been accepted through faith and oral tradition to have been written by Moses. However, research and speculation has led some people to believe that the Pentateuch was formed from the combination of early writings by several different writers. This speculation has caused many people to become indecisive as to which view of the authorship of the Pentateuch is in fact correct."

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