Sacred Pages: Exploring Biblical Depths

Genesis: Author, Place And Date Of Writing

Genesis is essentially an anonymous work historically however its authorship has been attributed to Moses. Howes should be considered more of an editor/compiler than author. All of the events of Genesis in fact occurred long before he was born. indicating that must have used sources. in addition to receiving direct communication from the Divine. he drew together a detailed family history of Abraham and his descendants.

there are scholars who doubt that Moses wrote genesis at all. they usually support of the variant theories regarding the authorship of the Pentatuch.

If Moses wrote or compiled the Pentatuch he probably, did it during Israel's wanderings in the desert. we will get into this more later when we discuss the various theories regarding the exact date of the exoddus.

Some scholars suggest that the Pentatuch was mor likely written during the Babylonian exile around 550 BCE