... the fact that you (both Peter and Karl) accept Deuteronomy to be dated to Moses makes my claims dependent upon the dating of Deuteronomy. ...
... but a very great
majority would agree that the Pentateuch as a whole does
not actually claim to be written by Moses. It may claim that
God spoke to Moses, but it doesn't say that this event
occured in the present time of the writer.
... Heshbon did not exist before 1200 BCE, and the first major building at the site apparently occured only during the 9th-8th centuries, with the building of a reservoir/pool at the site. ...
... using the Shoshenq
campaign as a guide for the dating of the United Monarchy, ...
...
http://www.bible-history.com/geography/ancient-israel/heshbon.html
...
The Pentateuch is written in spelling that cannot predate the
exile. This means, the Pentateuch as we know it today was
actively edited in the Second Temple period. ...
It may have been
edited before, and in fact, I think there are very good linguistic
reasons why it probably was composed beforehand and many
portions of it simply passed on with updated spelling. But linguistic evidence that shows the Pentateuch was actively edited up and until the Second Temple period is sufficient to claim that the Pentateuch might have been composed during the First Temple period as, ...
... in fact, most scholars claim. Specifically, it places your claim of only "minor post-Mosaic editorial changes" as speculation ...
... no less than the claim that during the early Second Temple period the various sources of the Pentateuch were conflated together. You must show reasonable evidence to believe that the Torah dates from before the Monarchy and the Judges. ...
... And while you are free to holdOn the contrary. For one thing, my statement "I see no clear evidence of post-Mosaic authorship in the Pentateuch" does not imply that I see any evidence that against such authorship. Also, Mosaic authorship is the internal claim of (most of) Deuteronomy and has been the traditional interpretation of scholars for millennia before anyone rejected it. And the evidence on which some people rejected it has been examined and found wanting. I simply ask for some convincing evidence from those who continue to hold to later authorship.
that "I see no clear evidence of post-Mosaic authorship in the Pentateuch," the fact that most scholars would date Deuteronomy much later is sufficient to request you explain
your evidence for Mosaic authorship.
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