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'''Mosaic authorship''' is the belief that [[Moses]] was the author of the five books of the [[Torah]] or [[Pentateuch]] - [[Genesis]], [[Exodus]], [[Numbers]], [[Leviticus]] and [[Deuteronomy]].

'''Mosaic authorship''' is the belief that [[Moses]] was the author of the five books of the [[Torah]] or [[Pentateuch]] - [[Genesis]], [[Exodus]], [[Numbers]], [[Leviticus]] and [[Deuteronomy]].

The belief in Mosaic authorship of the Torah is found in the Torah itself which states, "So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel." {{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:9|KJV}}

The belief in Mosaic authorship of the Torah is found in the Torah itself which states, "So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel." {{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:9|KJV}}

The belief of Mosaic authorship excluding the Torah's testimony is first found explicitly expressed in the [[Talmud]], a collection of Jewish traditions and exegesis said supposedly to date to the time of Moses himself. The commentary section of the talmud though dates to 500 AD, and indicate that the authors of the later books of the Hebrew bible already accepted the idea that Moses had written the Torah. The Talmudic commentators advanced several versions of just how Moses came to write the Torah, ranging from direct dictation by God to a less direct divine inspiration stretching over the forty years in the wilderness.  

The belief of Mosaic authorship excluding the Bible's testimony is first found explicitly expressed in the [[Talmud]], a collection of Jewish traditions and exegesis said supposedly to date to the time of Moses himself. The commentary section of the talmud though dates to 500 AD, and indicate that the authors of the later books of the Hebrew bible already accepted the idea that Moses had written the Torah. The Talmudic commentators advanced several versions of just how Moses came to write the Torah, ranging from direct dictation by God to a less direct divine inspiration stretching over the forty years in the wilderness.