Did Moses write the Torah or Pentateuch? Some people believe Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy). However upon close inspection it becomes clear that the Pentateuch was the work of multiple authors over several centuries, sometimes referred to as the Documentary Hypothesis (Julius Wellhausen). In this video we will answer the question who actually wrote the torah? Did Moses write the pentateuch? We will explore four reasons why Moses did not write the Pentateuch or Torah. ? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXHXndcp1-UYtbuahLpCaQ/join + Other ways to support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bibleunboxed Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Lachlan523 BTC Wallet: 1MJYqAi5VMfPH3qcJeeCCmhcnJyKwWgPwN + Stay in the loop: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/bibleunboxed FB: https://www.facebook.com/bibleunbox Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bibleunboxed Subscribe: https://youtube.com/bibleunboxed?sub_confirmation=1 Sources: D. Carr, Formation of the Hebrew Bible (2011) R. Albertz, Formation of the Pentateuch/Hexateuch (2018) D. Ostrowski, Did Moses Write the Pentateuch? (2021) B. Schipper, Egyptian Background for the Joseph Story (2019) Finkelstein, History of the Arameans (2001) L. Sapir-Hen, Introduction of Domestic Camels (2013) 0:00 Intro 1:50 1. Moses' Death 2:45 2. Anachronisms 3:48 3. It never says Moses wrote it 5:58 4. The Pentateuch has multiple authors 7:25 Final thoughts #biblevideo #bibleproject This video answers popular questions such as: did moses write the torah? what year did moses write the torah? who actually wrote the torah? how did moses write genesis? did moses write the pentateuch? when did moses write genesis? Who wrote the bible? The Bible Project did moses write the first five books of the bible? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqHmv4eO530

Noah's Ark in Genesis 6-9 shares striking similarities to ancient Flood stories like Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Sumerian Flood Story. Ever since George Smith discovered Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh at the British Museum in the 1800's we've been able to compare these flood stories and their similarities to the Bible. Why are the stories so similar? Did Noah's Ark steal from these stories? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXHXndcp1-UYtbuahLpCaQ/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bibleunboxed + Help me make more videos! Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Lachlan523 BTC Wallet: 1MJYqAi5VMfPH3qcJeeCCmhcnJyKwWgPwN + Stay in the loop: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibleunboxed FB: https://www.facebook.com/bibleunbox Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bibleunboxed Subscribe: https://youtube.com/bibleunboxed?sub_confirmation=1 Sources on the similarities between Noah and other ANE Flood Stories: - The Ark Before Noah, Irving Finkel - Amanda Norsker, “Genesis 6,5-9.17: A Rewritten Babylonian Flood Myth,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 29:1 (2015) - Bernard Batto's Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition - https://www.worldhistory.org/article/227/the-atrahasis-epic-the-great-flood--the-meaning-of/ - https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-mesopotamian-origin-of-the-biblical-flood-story - John Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament - A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Hays It's worth at least mentioning some older articles, some of the ideas are a bit dated: - "GILGAMESH" AND GENESIS: THE FLOOD STORY IN CONTEXT, Eugene Fisher (1970) - The Atrahasis Epic and Its Significance for Our Understanding of Genesis 1-9, Tikva Frymer-Kensky (1977) - The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic, Jeffrey Tigay (1982) Dates are primarily sourced from the universities and institutions which house the tablets: - Gilgamesh: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_K-3375 - Sumerian: https://www.schoyencollection.com/literature-collection/sumerian-literature-collection/sumerian-flood-story-ms-3026 https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/252032 - Nippur Tablet: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/97591 - Atrahasis Tablet: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1889-0426-236 Translations: - Andrew George, Gilgamesh (Critical edition) - Critical edition of Atrahasis by Wilfred G. Lambert, Alan R. Millard, and Miguel Civil - https://www.livius.org/sources/content/anet/104-106-the-epic-of-atrahasis/ - ANET, Pritchart - Context of Scripture, 2 Vols Other useful links: - Joel Baden's lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE9MZfWb0Ng - Literary Analysis of the Flood St y Analysis of the Flood Story as a Semitic Type-Scene, Jared Pfost (Note: This is a doctoral student essay, it won a Near Eastern essay competition, and I don't necessarily agree with the conclusion that the story is a straight up polemic, but there's some good literary comparison) - https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/noahs-flood-competing-visions-of-a-mesopotamian-tradition/ - Digital Hammurabi have a bunch of great videos on the flood, here's one, you can search for the rest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePhlrtkpmk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luNEexc6fbE