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Who Wrote the Bible

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Sex & Religion

What this book knows

The Bible was written by many human authors across centuries, and knowing who and why transforms what the text means.

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Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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faith-and-doubt

To not care about who wrote the Bible or where it came from is also to stick one's head in the sand.
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By the 17th century, a significant number of scholars had given up on Moses as author altogether. Beyond such issues are contradictions, gaps, and repetitions.
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The existence of both Proverbs and Ecclesiastes in the Bible is perhaps the surest indication that the search for the single correct answer is folly.
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obedience-and-authority

This addition is brazen, basically distilling Ecclesiastes—a book whose entire point is uncertainty—into 'keep God's commandments because he'll judge you.'
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D insists Israel is simply incapable of obedience: 'As long as I have known you, you have been defiant toward the Lord.'
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self-and-identity

People wouldn't want their foundational literature to be written by just anyone—authorship was tied to the most important figures possible.
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