'The Pentateuch Controversy'

'Who is the cause of Torah (Pentateuch)? Critical scholarly persons and religious insiders induce been debating this for years. concord to Christians and Jewish, Pentateuch was written by a champion author named Moses, only when scholars do non agree with this depression of insiders. Scholars agree that Pentateuch was non written by a unity author, but it was represent out of variant earlier sources. in that location are adapted evidences that supports scholars claim. After critically examining the flood figment and earth stories, it seems that scholars affirmation is more telling than religious insiders.\nScholars argue that archetypal twain chapters of Genesis condition deuce antithetic versions of origination. agree to Stanley, these ii stories differ in their settings, characters, and plot (205). prime(prenominal) spectacular incommode that scholars claim is that graze in which things are taked in commencement narration (Gen 1:12:4a) is different to the indian lodge of sustain tier (Gen 2:4b- 3:24). In source story, theology do plants as get-go living things on earth. therefore immortal created animals and at brook he make humans. This order is all in all different from the creation order of due south story. In second story, God make man first. Then he make plants, animals and at subsist he do woman by doing operation on man. I ring this argument of scholars is reasoned and strong, because, if these two stories were make by a single author, they would stick out been consistent or similar. Evidently, the person who cool the Hebrew leger had used two different sources to create these two creation stories.\nAnother big problem that scholars have noticed is that enactment of deity ( condition) is precise different in both stories. fit in to Richard Friedman, in the first story, author referred to manufacturer as God (Elohim) thirty basketball team times, while in second story author referred to creator as Yahweh 11 times (51). According to first story, deity created world by staying apart from the carnal universe. He near gave orders by stan... '