Did moses, actually wrote the first books of the bible if so, what language?

Question

and also DId moses actually exsist?

Answer 1

The history channel actually said that Moses compiled the creation story and a few other stories from stories that had been handed down to him from his ancestors. That does not take away from their validity. (Did you see the series "Roots".)

Of course, the Bible tells us that Moses wrote the 10 commandments, as instructed by God.

Anyway, when they were written or compiled or reduced to writing, they were done in Hebrew.

Answer 2

No he did not. Although the Bible does say that Moses wrote some of the books in the Torah, the first 5 books of the Bible, it is quite unlikely for many reasons.

The first being that there are a lot of things in the Torah that Moses would not have known. For instance, they often refer to some sites as "where it still is today," which is something that could not have been written until later.

Also, in Deuteronomy, it describes Moses' death and funeral. How could Moses have written it if he was already dead?

So to answer your question, no, he did not write the ones that we have today. The ones that we have are probably revisions of revisions of revisions to an unknown degree that eventually end up with the editions that we have. Although Moses might have written some of them down, it is more likely that the stories were followed through in Oral Tradition until someone decided to write them down.

If you want more information on the creation of the books of the Bible, look up the Documentary Hypothesis, which was developed in the 1800s.

Good luck with whatever it is you need!

Also, don't just give me thumbs down if you disagree, this is fairly well known, and I am a devout Catholic who loves the Bible, so do not judge too quickly.


and it was written in Hebrew.

Answer 3

I believe that Moses did make an accounting of the first books of Torah, but I have read that the Hebrew language was spoken but not written until around 100 years before Christ was born. The article stated that when the Israelites were in captivity for seventy years by Babylon they were educated and that was where they developed the written Hebrew. I am not stating this as my opinion just doing the research to confirm or refute that assertion. If anyone has a resource that would dispel or confirm this I would love to read it.

Answer 4

It is believed that he wrote the first 5 books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). It is also supposed that someone else (Joshua perhaps) finished off Deuteronomy, as the last chapter details Moses' death and burial.

The original language is "Hebrew".

As to whether or not Moses actually existed, you are asking a legal question, not a scientific one. YES, there is enough circumstantial evidence to prove the existence of a person named Moses...

Answer 5

Moses wrote the 10 commandments. Supposedly.

Answer 6

Hashem dictated the Torah to Moses, who copied it down in Hebrew..

Answer 7

mutually as which could be an extremely human difficulty to do, whether it meant that over 1800 years of human populations around the realm lifeless in fantasy (over events that God would have customary handed off frequently long in the previous Jesus grew to become into born). If this grew to become into actual, it would heavily degrade all people from thinking that God grew to become into all understanding, whether it would in high-quality condition God's trend of no longer giving a "very final answer" and letting generations of people with none recourse. think of roughly it, he grew to become right into slightly uncertain approximately what form of sacrifice he needed yet after Cain presented the lots greater durable gained first end results of his labors (farming lots greater durable than herding and choosing out one sturdy lamb), God did no longer say lots (like no longer something) for around 2000 years and desperate that all and sundry grew to become into evil. yet another thousand of so years and God chooses Abraham and makes a covenant (the Jews will say that the Noahdic covenant grew to become into in consequence for this time) yet waits yet another 500 or so years to offer His truthfully six hundred+ commandments. and then, even with each thing of those delays, 1300 years is going via till His son is born. Given this music checklist, we are due for a sparkling faith.

Answer 8

Modern scholarship can identify at least four separate writers of the works attributed to Moses.

Answer 9

I believe that Moses actually wrote it. Yes, he really existed.

Answer 10

He couldn't very well have written the bible if he didn't exist could he. Now make up your mind. He wrote the bible in Egyptian Hieroglyphs He was raised and educated by Egyptian Royalty so he couldn't very well have write in Hebrew.