'Ghostwriting' the Torah? New algorithm distinguishes contributors to the Old Testament with high accuracy
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 11:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In both Jewish and Christian traditions, Moses is considered the author of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. Scholars have furnished evidence that multiple writers had a hand in composing the text of the Torah. Other books of the Hebrew Bible and of the New Testament are also thought to be composites. However, delineating these multiple sources has been a laborious task.