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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 identify 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 ''Jehovist''), and who possibly wrote in the south of [[Judah]].

* J who calls God ''YHWH'' (the ''Jehovist'' account), 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'' ('the gods', 'the spirits') as God's name, and possibly wrote in [[Ephraim]].

* D who wrote Deuteronomy.

* D who wrote the book of Deuteronomy.

* P who wrote an alternate history in what was called the ''Priestly Code''.

* P who wrote an alternate history in what was called the ''Priestly Code''.

* R who joined the writings of J, E, D and P to form a single work.

* R who joined the writings of J, E, D and P to form a single work.

* Genesis 2:4 was written by R

* Genesis 2:4 was written by R

* Genesis 2:5 through 4:26 were written by J.

* Genesis 2:5 through 4:26 were written by J.

This theory has gained in popularity since it was first postulated in the late 19th century.  However, it is a traditional product of modern rationalistic skepticism and applying literary criteria. Opponents of this interpretation point to its enmity against historical, miraculous, and prophetic elements which are basic to the first five books of the Bible (Unger, 397; Young, pp. 183-276).

This theory has gained in popularity since it was first proposed in the late 19th century.  However, it is inevitably a product of modern rationalistic research and the application of literary criteria. Opponents of this research point to the fact that it is difficult to square with the historical, miraculous, and prophetic elements which they claim to be  basic to the first five books of the Bible (Unger, 397; Young, pp. 183-276).

==Creation science importance==

==Creation science importance==