More Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch

May 12, 2021 NaN
More Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch
Ehrman Blog Daily Post Podcasts
More Inconsistencies in the Pentateuch

May 12 2021 | NaN

/

Show Notes

A few posts ago I more or less backed into a new thread on literary discrepancies found in the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament; these discrepancies are key to understanding why the books were almost certainly not written by a single person -- Moses, for example -- but are a combination of sources put together centuries after the stories were first placed in circulati0n. I talk about this in my textbook: The Bible: A Historical and Literary Introduction.  Here is how I discuss the matter there: Read by Sam Devis

Other Episodes

Episode

June 30, 2024 00:11:20
Episode Cover

How I View the Bible as Both a Critical Scholar and a Christian: Guest Post by Judy Siker

Read by Ken Teutsch.

Listen

Episode

August 10, 2023 00:07:01
Episode Cover

How the New Testament Itself Supports Critical Biblical Scholarship!

Bart points out that Matthew and Luke did not consider Mark to be an inviolable, sacrosanct, completely accurate account of what Jesus said and...

Listen

Episode

July 31, 2025 00:05:18
Episode Cover

1 and 2 Corinthians "At a Glance," and Questions for Reflection

Bart provides summaries of the key ideas and elements of Paul's two letters to the Corinthians, and offers some questions for reflection. Read by...

Listen