User:Vassyana/Sanboxen/Authorship of the Five Books of Moses

The authorship of the Five Books of Moses is widely discussed. Views range from the traditional attribution to Moses as the sole author, to the academic theory that the books were a redaction of a disparate but related body of folklore and religious beliefs.

Historical views
Detail the views of important historical rabbis and Christian church fathers.

Mosaic authorship
Moses as the author of the books.

Compiled by Ezra
Ezra as a redacting editor.

Documentary hypothesis
The theory that there were several authors compiling oral tradition who were in turn redacted by a later editor or editors into a coherent whole.

Other views
Placeholder for other minority views found in reliable sources.