Episode 48: Jeffrey Stackert - Who Wrote the Pentateuch?

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, Pete & Jared speak with Jeffrey Stackert about the origins of the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the Old Testament. Rather than looking at the books as separate works written by Moses, they discuss the documentary hypothesis which suggests that the Pentateuch was compiled from four sources. And many of the contradictions in the text may actually be indications of converging viewpoints from editors including or omitting details to preserve the integrity of the text. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People,
0:02.2	the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book.
0:07.4	I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Byeth.
0:10.6	Welcome everyone to this episode of the Bible
0:12.6	for Normal People.
0:13.4	Today, the question that we have burning
0:16.4	in our hearts and minds is where did the Pentateuch come from?
0:20.9	And we're talking with Jeff Stacker,
0:22.6	who teaches at the University of Chicago.
0:24.9	But before we jump in, we should probably ask the question,
0:27.8	what is the Pentateuch?
0:29.2	Well, it's a very fancy word that a lot of smart people
0:32.1	came up with to sound even smarter
0:33.8	and make a lot of us feel dumber.
0:35.2	But when we say Pentateuch, all we really mean
0:37.5	is the first five books of the Bible.
0:39.4	Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
0:43.0	Where did the Pentateuch come from?
0:44.4	Why is this an interesting question, Pete?
0:46.0	Where did the Pentateuch come from?
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