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== 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}},{{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|31:24-26}}, 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}} states, "These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses"  

[[book of Joshua|Joshua]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=878799 Joshua 1:7-8]</ref> [[book of Kings|Kings]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1359280 1 Kings 2-3] and [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1495410 2 Kings 23:21 and 25]</ref> [[book of Chronicles|Chronicles]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1747524 2 Chronicles 8:13, 34:14 and 35:12]</ref> [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]]<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1895703 Ezra 3:2 and 6:18]</ref> and [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1939289 Nehemiah 8:1 and 13:1]</ref> all contain verses implying belief in Mosaic authorship of the Torah, indicating that the belief possibly existed during the time of Joshua, his book is said to have been written around the 1300's bc. Also because of the belief in Mosaic authorship is found in the book of Nehemiah it can be certain that this belief existed during the Post-Exilic period. It was certainly well established by the time of the [[Talmud]] (c. 200-500 CE), the authors of which held that Moses received the Torah during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness. The early Christian church with its Jewish roots accepted the Torah, and Mosaic authorship, as part of its own spiritual inheritance.

[[book of Joshua|Joshua]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=878799 Joshua 1:7-8]</ref> [[book of Kings|Kings]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1359280 1 Kings 2-3] and [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1495410 2 Kings 23:21 and 25]</ref> [[book of Chronicles|Chronicles]],<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1747524 2 Chronicles 8:13, 34:14 and 35:12]</ref> [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]]<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1895703 Ezra 3:2 and 6:18]</ref> and [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1939289 Nehemiah 8:1 and 13:1]</ref> all contain verses implying belief in Mosaic authorship of the Torah, indicating that the belief possibly existed during the time of Joshua, his book is said to have been written around the 1300's bc. Also because of the belief in Mosaic authorship is found in the book of Nehemiah it can be certain that this belief existed during the Post-Exilic period. It was certainly well established by the time of the [[Talmud]] (c. 200-500 CE), the authors of which held that Moses received the Torah during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness. The early Christian church with its Jewish roots accepted the Torah, and Mosaic authorship, as part of its own spiritual inheritance.

The Authors of the Gospels also believed in Mosaic authorship, as did the famous Roman historians Philo, and Josephus Flavius. <ref>{{cite book|title=The Pentateuch in Its Cultural Environment |last=Livingston |first=Herbert G.|authorlink=|year= 1974|publisher=Baker Book House|isbn=0801055407}}</ref>

The Authors of the Gospels also believed in Mosaic authorship, as did the famous Roman historians Philo, and Josephus Flavius. <ref>{{cite book|title=The Pentateuch in Its Cultural Environment |last=Livingston |first=Herbert G.|authorlink=|year= 1974|publisher=Baker Book House|isbn=0801055407}}</ref>

== The Mosaic tradition in the modern age ==

== The Mosaic tradition in the modern age ==