num_pages: 468
description: For much of the history of both Judaism and Christianity the Pentateuchfirst five books of the Biblewas understood to be the unified work of a single inspired Moses. Yet the standard view in modern biblical scholarship contends thatthe Pentateuch is a composite text made up of fragments from diverse and even discrepant sources that originated centuries after the events it purports to describe. In Murmuring against Moses John Bergsma and Jeffrey Morrow provide a critical narrative of the emergence of modern Pentateuchal studies and challenge the scholarly consensus by highlighting the weaknesses of the modern paradigms and mustering an array of new evidence for the Pentateuchs antiquity. By shedding light on the past history of research and the present developments in the field Bergsmaand Morrow give fresh voice to a growing scholarly dissatisfaction with standard critical approaches and make an important contribution toward charting a more promising future for Pentateuchal studies.
language: English
title: Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies
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