Genesis authorship

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.