Moses did not write the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)

I was hoping that Con would defend that Moses wrote all of the Pentateuch, but since he claims he only wrote MOST of it, I'll look forward to his criteria for how he diffrentiates which parts Moses wrote, and which ones he didn't. Now I'll present some of my evidence that Moses is not the author; Con must not only tear down this evidence, but present a convincing case for his authorship that withstands careful scrutiny. (1) The Presence of Anachronisms Allusions to names or things in the wrong historical setting argues against the authorship of Moses. The example I will use is that used by Thomas Paine in his book The Age of Reason (1796). The city of New York, before 1664 was called New Amsterdam. Should we discover an undated document that discussed events of, let us say, mid-seventeenth century New England, which called the city New York, we can immediately conclude that it was written after 1664. For no one could have known before 1664 that New Amsterdam would be called New York after that year. Now, the city in the Bible that went through a similar kind of name change was the city of Dan. The old name for this city was Laish, and the account of its conquest and change of names is given in the book of Judges. Judges 18:27-29 And taking what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, the Danites came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting and smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire. And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon. It was in the valley which belongs to Bethrehob. And they rebuilt the city and dwelt in it. And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor who was born in Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first. This account of the conquest of Laish and the changing of its name to Dan is placed in the Bible, immediately after the death of Samson. Now Samson was the twelfth, and last, Judge. The Judges were the rulers of Israel after the death of Joshua. Moses died more than two hundred years before Samson. Thus, the name of the city of Laish was changed to Dan only some two to three centuries after the death of Moses. Keep this in mind as you read this passage from Genesis below: Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. As we have reasoned earlier, this allusion to Dan, is an anachronism, and could not have been written by Moses. The passage could only have been written by someone who lived after the period of the Judges, when Laish had become Dan, more than two hundred years after the death of Moses. We find another anachronism in Genesis 23:2 which provided an explanatory note that Kirjath-arba, the town where Rachel died is Hebron. The city of Kirjath-arba was not called Hebron until the time of the conquest when Joshua gave it to Caleb (Joshua 14:13-15). Another passage which shows that the books were written after Moses' day: Genesis 36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. Now how could Moses have known that there would be kings that reigned over the Israelites? This passage must therefore have been written, at the very earliest, after the first Jewish King, Saul, began to rule over the Israelites which was around three centuries after the death of Moses. Genesis also mentions the Chaldeans and several Edomite kings, none of which existed anytime near Moses' lifetime. The Edomite king list from Genesis 36, in fact, lists known historical figures who lived well after Moses' lifetime. Genesis was not written by Moses or anyone who lived close to his lifetime. (2) The Account of Moses' Death and Burial Deuteronomy 34:5-8 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-pe'or; but no man knows the place of his burial to this day. Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. It should be obvious, even to the most hard headed fundamentalist, that no one could write an account of his own death, burial and mourning. Furthermore the presence of the phrase to this day implies that a long time has elapsed between the death of Moses and the writing of the passage. (3) There are passages about Moses within the five books that simply could not have been written by Moses himself. One example: Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. As Richard Friedman, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University California, San Diego mentioned in his book Who Wrote the Bible?: [N]ormally one would not expect the humblest man on earth to point out that he is the humblest man on earth. (p.18) We find references to Moses that spoke of him as though he was a long gone prophet. Some examples: Exodus 11:3 Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses… When we take into consideration Moses' reputed humility, such passages could only have been written by another who held Moses in high regard. There is no direct claim of Mosaic authorship in any of the five books. Although there are passages that said that Moses made specific written records (Exodus 17:14, 24:4, 34:27, Numbers 33:2, Deuteronomy 31:9,24), nowhere in any of these books is there any allusion to itself being written by the Jewish prophet. In fact, we find that references to Moses are always in the third person (see for example Numbers 2:1, 5:1, 31:1, Deuteronomy 33:1). While it may be possible that Moses chose to write in that sort of a fashion, this supposition adds no weight whatsoever to the assertion of Mosaic authorship. I have more to add, but for now I'll see how Con responds to the above, and makes his own case for Mosaic authorship.