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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]].

== Origins and nature of the tradition ==

== Origins and nature of the tradition ==

The Torah itself makes a statement of authorship in various verses. Notable among these is {{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:9|KJV}},{{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:24-26|KJV}}, describing how Moses writes "this law" on a scroll and lays it beside the [[ark of the Covenant]].<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=719426 Deuteronomy].</ref> Similar passages include, for example, Exodus 17:14, "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven;" Exodus 24:4, "And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel;" and Exodus 34:27, "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel."<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=217012 Exodus]</ref> Also {{Bibleref|Leviticus|26:46|KJV}} states, "These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses"  

The Torah itself makes a statement of authorship in various verses. Notable among these is {{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:9|KJV}},{{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:24-26|KJV}}, describing how Moses writes "this law" on a scroll and lays it beside the [[ark of the Covenant]].<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=719426 Deuteronomy].</ref> Similar passages include, for example, Exodus 17:14, "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven;" Exodus 24:4, "And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel;" and Exodus 34:27, "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel."<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=217012 Exodus]</ref> Also {{Bibleref|Leviticus|26:46|KJV}} states, "These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses"