Who wrote Genesis?

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Who wrote Genesis?

Traditionally attributed to Moses; most critical scholarship reads it as a composite of earlier sources edited over centuries.

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How it is argued

  1. 1

    Traditional attribution

    Mosaic authorship, assumed in later Jewish and Christian tradition.

  2. 2

    Documentary approaches

    Distinct source strands identified by vocabulary, doublets and theology.

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