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Sacrifice In Genesis

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There has been some debate about Genesis and the actual time that it was written. Many people have their theories and beliefs, but the truth is yet to be found. Genesis was said to be wrote by Moses, however according to the reading I could assume that is not the case. Others also believe that Moses was the author of the Genesis. The understanding of when Genesis as well as the other four books in the Old Testament were wrote can help modern day understand the writings more. The Pentateuch could use some clarifying and Ibn Ezra, Benedict Spinoza, Astruc, and Julius Wellhausen have all had their own opinions about the issue. Many questions have been brought to light over the years. Some of these include, why are there two such clearly different creation stories at the very beginning of the Bible?, Why is sacrifice mentioned so casually at the dawn of time, and why does it play such a big role with Cain and Abel?, If Adam and Eve were the first humans, from where did Cain get his wife and how can he be afraid of other people retaliating for murdering his brother?, Why is the flood story so choppy and repetitive? (Enns, 2). These are all questions that are not only wondered …show more content…

These also have been questioned. These speeches were given from the promise land. The book is all in the third person if it was actually from Moses. Another question that raises eyebrows is that Moses is not the author of the book (Enns, 2). The book talks about Moses dying, this is a clear indicator that the book was not written by Moses, and rather someone else who lived longer than Moses did. “A second early interpreter of Deuteronomy was the twelfth century rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra. Ibn Ezra was brilliant and respected and also reluctant to break with tradition too quickly—including the tradition that Moses wrote the Pentateuch” (Enns, 3). He shared many passages that he felt did not align with what was said in the

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