BIBL 410 Weekly Study Questions 1 Liberty University answers complete solutions. An Introduction to Genesis/Days of Creation

BIBL 410 Weekly Study Questions 1 Liberty University answers complete solutions. An Introduction to Genesis/Days of Creation Answer thoroughly the following questions based on this module/week’s Reading & Study material: 1. What is the Documentary Theory? The Documentary Theory is the theory that investigates who wrote the book o Genisis. Was it Moses or did others write some of it and he was the transcriber? The Document Theory srares that Genesis was likely two or more documents compressed into one book of the Bible. 2. Give the “contributions” Spinoza and Astruc made to this theory. Tractatus Spinoza raised serious doubts about direct Mosaic authorship and launched what is now known as “higher criticism” of the Bible. Many call Astruc the father of this theory. 3. What reasons does Davis give to refute this theory? Davis teached that there are both external and internal evidences that support Moses’ authorship of the Pentateuch. 4. Give several examples of external evidences for Mosaic authorship. The Bible in many places teach Moses as the author of Genesis. (Exodus 17:14; 24:4; 34:27; Numbers 33:1-2; Deutoronomy 31:9) Furthermore, Jesus also speaks on Moses as the author of Genesis in Mark 12:26, “And as for the dead being raised, qhave you not read in rthe book of Moses, in sthe passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, t‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?” (ESV). 5. Give several examples of internal evidences for Mosaic authorship. In his book Paradise to Prison, John Davis writes, “The author must have been thoroughly familiar with the desert and must, in fact, have written while in that environment (cf. Lev. 18:3; Deut. 12:9; 15:4, 7; 17:14; Num. 2:1ff.; Lev. 14:8; 16:21; 17:3, 9).”1 Because Moses was raised in Egypt, he is able to use Egyptian knowledge, which furthers the internal evidence showing that he wrote some, if not all, of Genesis. 6. Does any one specific evidence stand out to you more than the rest? Which one? Why?