Authorship

According to Biblical scholars, even the authorship of the Old Testament books and the Gospels themselves is in doubt.

Torah

The first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch) [1] Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are traditionally attributed to Prophet Moses. However, there are many verses within these books which indicate that Prophet Moses could not possibly have written everything in them. For example, Deuteronomy 34.5-8 states:

“(5) So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, (6) and he buried him in the valley of the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows the place of his burial to this day. (7) Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (8) And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.”

Deuteronomy 34.5-8

It is quite obvious that someone else wrote these verses about Prophet Moses’ death.

In the appendix of the Revised Standard Version entitled “Books of the Bible”, the following is written concerning the authorship of over one third of the remaining books of the Old Testament: