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Different Perspectives On The Authorship Of The Tora

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History is based on existing evidence. Without evidence, any history is just a myth. Israelites play a major role in the foundation of today's practiced religion. The holy bible, followed by the Christians holds historical information and instructions crucial to Christianity. Even though, the information contained in the Bible has been constantly questioned by many people claiming bias in the holy book recordings. Moses wrote the books of Tanark according to Jewish records; these books are believed to be the composition of the first five books of the Bible Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. These five books give a record of the Israelites from the origin to the point where their kingdom was splitting after the era of King Solomon. Israelites believed that God guided Moses. On the other hand, many writers and researchers have come up to disagree with these claims. ("Different Perspectives on the Authorship of the …show more content…

The records are not true according to secular records. Many theology researchers have claimed the recognition of many Gods all over the world during the period which Christianity was being founded. The Golden calf made by Israelites as Moses was in the mountains meeting God was a good example used in the secular claims. Canaanites, who were already highly civilized had a high organization of theoretical gods. The gods were mostly based on their agricultural practices and the external factors which affected their activities like the sun and rain. According to Tanakh, Israel was born from Jacob who was later renamed Israel. The man had 12 sons, two wives and two female slaves who bore the Israelites generation. On the other hand, some theological historians have claimed Israelites to have come from a group of poor people who did not own land or property. The word Habiru means low-class and landless people in Greek is supposed to be a translation of

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