Who Wrote the Bible? Episode 1: The Torah

The video explores the authorship of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah or Pentateuch. It introduces three main theories: the Documentary Hypothesis, the Supplementary Hypothesis, and the Dual Origins Theory. The Documentary Hypothesis suggests the Torah was compiled from four sources, while the Supplementary Hypothesis posits that Deuteronomy was the original text with additional material added later. The Dual Origins Theory proposes two separate origin myths that were later combined. The video also clarifies the differences between the Bible, Tanakh, Torah, and Talmud.

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