Whats the role of divine inspiration here?
Some of the earliest Bible scholars who questioned who the authors were said, “Well, it wasn’t all one person, it wasn’t Moses who wrote the first five books”-even they were pious rabbis, priests, or ministers. Their answer was, “OK, it wasn’t Moses who wrote it down, it was other people, but it still came from God.” Today, there are religious Jews and Christians who take that same view: it could still be of a divine origin. But for others, this is a troubling and unacceptable point of view. They stand by the tradition that it was dictated to Moses by God at Sinai. So, yes, for them this is difficult. My purpose is to put the evidence in front of everyone so they can argue for it or against it. The purpose is not to hurt. People imagine I’m attacked all the time by fundamentalist Christians and orthodox Jews, but in fact I’m not. We disagree respectfully. Your new book, The Bible with Sources Revealed, talks about the different authors of the first five books of the Bible. Who are thes
