Genesis Authorship

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Genesis authorship -- identifying who wrote the Book of Genesis -- is a topic of scholarship and debate. As one of the greatest works in all of written history, the Book of Genesis attracts immense interest in discerning its authorship.

Contents

  • 1 Time period of authorship
  • 2 Number of authors
  • 3 Language
  • 4 Gentile influence
  • 5 Comments by Jesus on authorship

Time period of authorship[edit]

Number of authors[edit]

Three or five different styles, and thus different authors or groups of authors, are found in the Book of Genesis.

Language[edit]

Parts of the Book of Genesis may have been written in languages other than Hebrew, although it was entirely translated into Hebrew long ago.

Gentile influence[edit]

Comments by Jesus on authorship[edit]

Contrary to misperception, Jesus is not quoted as saying that Moses authored the Book of Genesis.

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