![]() ![]() ![]() Originally published in 1987, Richard Friedman’s Who Wrote the Bible? joins a host of modern scholars who show that the Pentateuch was written by at least four distinct voices-separated by borders, political alliances, and particular moments in history-then connected by brilliant editors. ![]() However, these stories-and their frequent discrepancies-provoke questions: Why does the first chapter in Genesis say that man and woman were made in God’s image, while the second says that woman was made from man’s rib? Why does one account of the flood say it lasted 40 days, while another records no less than 100? And why do some stories reflect the history of southern Judah, while others seem sourced from northern Israel? Sinai, and the cycle of Israel’s enslavement and liberation from Egypt. According to tradition, Moses was divinely directed to write down foundational events in the history of the world: the creation of humans, the worldwide flood, the laws as they were handed down at Mt. A much-anticipated reissue of Who Wrote the Bible? -the contemporary classic the New York Times Book Review called “a thought-provoking perceptive guide” that identifies the individual writers of the Pentateuch and explains what they can teach us about the origins of the Bible.įor thousands of years, the prophet Moses was regarded as the sole author of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch. ![]()
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