When was Genesis written?
When was Genesis written, the first book of the Torah? To find out a date, we look at anachronisms we can find in Genesis. Although not mentioned in the video, my conclusion doesn't contradict Mosaic authorship. We will cover that in a future video.
There are many anachronisms that show us Genesis, in the form we have, was written after the conquest, after the Philistines settled in Canaan and during the united monarchy. Sounds shocking, doesn't it? In the next videos we will continue to look at other anachronisms from Exodus through Deuteronomy and argue for Essential Mosaic authorship.
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Genesis postconquest anachronisms
02:08 Philistines in Genesis
03:35 Israelite monarchy mentioned in Genesis
This video is part of a series. Watch the first video here: • When was the Torah written?