Did Moses Write the Book of Genesis?

did Moses write the Book of Genesis one complaint about the Genesis account of creation is that the first five books of the Bible known collectively as the pentateuch five volume book could not possibly have been written by Moses facts however say otherwise first other biblical authors including Joshua Ezra Daniel and Paul Point squarely to Moses's authorship of the pentateuch indeed the pentateuch itself claims Moses as its author in Exodus for example we read that the Lord said to Moses write down these words for in accordance with these words I've made a covenant with you and with Israel Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights without eating bread or drinking water and he wrote on the tablets the words of the Covenant the Ten Commandments furthermore Jesus also placed the Divine stamp of authenticity on Mosaic authorship when he said if you believed Moses you would believe me for he wrote about me but since you do not believe what he wrote how are you going to believe what I say then when Jesus spoke about marriage and divorce he appealed directly to the words of Moses in Genesis chapter 2 and added Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard but it was not this way from the beginning I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for marital unfaithfulness and marries another woman commits adultery Matthew 19 verses 8 through 9. finally in addition to these testimonies from the Old and New Testament other significant factors support Mosaic authorship for example the name Moses itself provides cooperating evidence for the Exodus the name is both rooted in Egyptian tradition and fits well with the Exodus era in addition the author of Genesis of Exodus of Leviticus numbers and Deuteronomy was clearly an eyewitness familiar with Egyptian names words Customs plants animals and even geography this knowledge would have been difficult to come by unless the author was in fact an eyewitness to the remarkable events of the Egyptian captivity The Exodus the 40-year sojourn in the Wilders and the final encampment before entering the Promised Land in some those who deny Moses's authorship of the first five books of the Old Testament seem influenced more by anti-supernatural bias than any biblical or historical evidence Philip found Nathanael and told him we have found the one Moses wrote about in the law and about whom the prophets also wrote Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph John 1 verse 45. [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you

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Published: Thu Aug 04 2022