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==Critical view==

==Critical view==

Some biblical scholars have claimed to have identified five separate authors of the five books of Moses<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_tora.htm Who Wrote The Pentateuch, The Five Books of Moses?]</ref><ref>[http://lectionary.org/EXEG-English/OT/EOT01-Gen/Authorship-Genesis%20&%20Pentateuch.html Introduction to Genesis & the Pentateuch]</ref>.  Although unidentified, each of these authors had been given the name of a letter:

Some biblical scholars have claimed to have identified five separate authors of the five books of Moses<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_tora.htm Who Wrote The Pentateuch, The Five Books of Moses?]</ref><ref>[http://lectionary.org/EXEG-English/OT/EOT01-Gen/Authorship-Genesis%20&%20Pentateuch.html Introduction to Genesis & the Pentateuch]</ref>.  Although unidentified, each of these authors had been given the name of a letter:

* J who uses JHWH (or ''Jehovahist''), and who possibly wrote in the south of [[Judah]].

* J who uses JHWH (or ''Jehovist''), and who possibly wrote in the south of [[Judah]].

* E who uses Elohim as God's name, and possibly wrote in [[Ephraim]].

* E who uses Elohim as God's name, and possibly wrote in [[Ephraim]].

* D who wrote Deuteronomy.

* D who wrote Deuteronomy.