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Did Moses write every word (or most of) the Pentateuch (Torah), or are the critics correct that the Pentateuch is essentially a patchwork quilt of at least four documents (popularly called J, E, D, and P – the “Documentary Hypothesis“)? It shouldn’t surprise you that my answer to the above question is “no” (to all parts). I really don’t think the two alternatives that people who ask the question present for consideration adequately represent the situation, and so, a coherent solution. I’m no fan

It is reasonable to think that at least some of the Pentateuch, perhaps substantial portions of it, were written by someone other than Moses. It is unreasonable to think that it’s “unbiblical” to think the above thought. If we are going to discuss who wrote the text of the Pentateuch, then we ought to derive our arguments from the text of the Pentateuch. The authorship of the Pentateuch is a whole lot more complex than saying, “Hey, I know this Bible verse over here that uses the phrase ‘law of