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The Pentateuch

The Pentateuch

Authorship of the Pentateuch has traditionally been attributed to Moses in religious Jewish and Christian communities, but since the Middle Ages, some interpreters have questioned this association. The Pentateuch may have been compiled over a period of centuries as multiple authors or religious communities produced distinct versions of Israel’s early history and laws. Julius Wellhausen (1844–1918) articulated the most influential version of this theory, identifying four sources in the Pentateuch that he called J, E, D, and P. This model for the origin of the Pentateuch is called the “Documentary Hypothesis.”

Barry, John D. et al. Faithlife Study Bible. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012. Print.

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