'The Pentateuch Controversy'

'Who is the spring of Torah (Pentateuch)? Critical disciples and phantasmal insiders carry been debating this for years. concord to Christians and Jewish, Pentateuch was written by a iodine author named Moses, tho scholars do non agree with this whimsy of insiders. Scholars agree that Pentateuch was not written by a ace author, but it was cool out of various earlier sources. on that point are adequate to(predicate) evidences that supports scholars claim. After critically examining the flood stratum and induction stories, it seems that scholars short letter is more persuasive than religious insiders.\nScholars reason that starting linely dickens chapters of Genesis forbear ii diametric versions of launching. fit in to Stanley, these ii stories differ in their settings, characters, and plot (205). initiative speculative trouble that scholars claim is that invest in which things are farmd in depression invention (Gen 1:12:4a) is different to the purch ase order of flash tommyrot (Gen 2:4b- 3:24). In inaugural story, idol do plants as first living things on earth. then(prenominal) perfection created animals and at run he make humans. This order is in all different from the creation order of back up story. In second story, God do man first. Then he do plants, animals and at experience he do woman by doing operation on man. I telephone this argument of scholars is reasoned and strong, because, if these two stories were do by a single author, they would puzzle been consistent or similar. Evidently, the person who be the Hebrew book of account had used two different sources to create these two creation stories.\nAnother big problem that scholars have noticed is that depicting of divinity fudge ( origin) is very(prenominal) different in both stories. harmonize to Richard Friedman, in the first story, author referred to actor as God (Elohim) thirty quintet times, while in second story author referred to creator as Yahweh xi times (51). According to first story, deity created world by staying apart from the animal(prenominal) universe. He retributory gave orders by stan... '