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Ang claim na tutugunan natin ngayon ay “Moses did not write the Pentateuch because different people from different traditions, places and time wrote the Pentateuch.”
Ang argument na ito oftentimes comes from the theological liberal camp ng religious studies at nakatalaga malimit ito sa designation na documentary hypothesis o yung kilala sa tawag na JEDP hypothesis kung saan ang Pentateuch daw ay hindi talaga si Moses ang may akda. Ang complete collection na meron daw tayo ngayon ng first five books of the Old Testament ay resulta ng pagsusulat ng maraming tao, tradition at written within at least 3 centuries o 300 years. Samakatuwid baga hindi si Moses ang sumulat. Ang sabi pa nga ng isang nakausap kong Bible school professor na ganito ang kanyang view, baka daw hindi pa totoo na may Adan, Abraham, Moses at kung totoong may nangyaring Exodus.
However, base na lang sa simpleng observation ng Pentateuch, mukha na siyang sinulat ng mga eyewitnesses. When we say eyewitness hindi natin gustong sabihin na mata lang ang ginamit but the entire senses kung necessary. Patungkol dito, binanggit ng Christian Research Institute na,
The author is undoubtedly an eyewitness because he is knowledgeable about many specific details. For example, Egyptian names, words, customs and even geography. This knowledge would be very difficult to come by unless the author was, in fact, a participant in the historical events themselves which are described in the Pentateuch. Archaeology has provided support for believing that the writer of the Pentateuch actually lived during the time that Moses was to have lived.*Ang mga details ng marami sa nakasulat sa Pentateuch ay tila baga mayroon "direct access" ang nag akda. Ayon sa Exodus 24:4 "Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said" and that shortly thereafter he took the "Book of the Covenant and read it to the people"Ayon sa Exodus 24:27-28 siya ang nagsulat ng Ten Commandments na bigay sa kanya ng Diyos. So kung mamarapatin ninyo ang isang paghahalintulad, parang regular na blogger si Moses.
Mukhang kasing may journalling din na ginagawa si Moses pero this does not mean na ito ang final form. Sa tingin ko he gathers all these writings and then puts in a final form; at yan na nga yung Pentateuch.
Kaya malakas ang support natin na malaki ang eyewitness account ng Pentateuch ay dahil sinusulat niya kung ano ang mga kaganapan Ex 17:14 “Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua.” Sa Num 33:2 ang sabi “Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the LORD, and these are their stages according to their starting places.”
May mga malinaw na pagtukoy na si Moses ang may akda ng Deuteronomy. Sa Deut 31:9 eto ang sabi, "Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.” Sa31: 19 heto, "Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel." Dagdag pa ng 31:22 "So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel. 31: 24 . . . Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end."
Less direct references ay matatagpuan sa Exodus 25:16 "And you [Moses] shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.” Ang Hebrew word na translated “testimony” dito ay ginagamit na word as “witness testimony” o pagtetestigo. Hindi si Moses ang testigo kundi ang Diyos ay itong testimony na ito ay ibibigay nya kay Moses. Magandang ganyan din natin maunawaan kung bakit alam ni Moses ang mga libong taon bago siya pinanganak. Ang tinutukoy ko ay yung pag create ng mundo, sila Cain at Abel, kay Abraham at marami pang iba. Dahil ito sa paglalahad ng Diyos, bilang testigo sa mga nangyari.
See also Deut 28:58; 29:20, 21, 27, 29; 20:10, 11.
Hindi lamang si Moses ang nagsasabi na siya ang may akda ng Pentateuch. Sa iba ibang parts ng Bible, nababanggit na siya ang may akda.
Ang first five books ay tinatawag na "Book of Moses." Siguro magtataka kayo kung bakit "book" at hindi "books." Nung una kasing panahon nakabukod sa tatlong malalaking scrolls ang Old Testament na tinatawag nila na Tanakh. Pag sinulat po iyan sa Hebreo tatlong letra lang po iyan: TNK kasi ang Biblical hebrew po ay wala namang vowels. So yung TNK po is abbreviation for T- Torah, N-Nebim at K-Ketuvim. Ang Torah (meaning law) po ay yung first five books of Moses at yung Nebim (meaning prophets) ay mga writings ng major prophets at yung Ketuvim (meaning writings) ay combination ng mga minor prophets, proverbs at poetry.
Tinutukoy ng Bibliya si Moses bilang authority behind the books of the Law.
The books are referred to as the "Book of Moses" (5 times [1]), the "Law of Moses" (22 times [2]), the "Book of the Law of Moses" (4 times [3]), the "Word of the Lord by Moses" (1 Time [4]), and the contents of the books are attributed to Moses over 32 times (cf. 2 K. 21:8, 1 Ch. 15:15, 1 Ch. 22:13, 2 Ch 24:6, 2 Ch. 33:8, 2 Ch. 34:14, Ne. 1:8, Ne. 8:14, Ne. 10:29, Mal. 4:4, Matt. 8:4, Matt. 19:8, Matt. 22:14, Mark 1:44, Mark 7:10, Mark 10:4, Luke 5:14, Luke 20:37, Luke 24:27, John 1:45, John 5:46, John 7:19, John 7:22, John 8:5, Acts 3:22, Acts 15:21, Acts 26:22, Rom. 10:5, Rom. 10:19, 2 Cor. 3:15, Heb. 9:19).†Ang ating Panginoong Jesus nagsabi din sa John 5:46-47 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
Dagdag pa niya sa Mark 10:4-5 "They said, Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away." And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment."
Ayon naman kay Apostol Pablo sa Rom. 10:5 "For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them."
At si Philip naman sa John 1:45 "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
Lahat ng mga yan all attest to Mosaic authorship.
Dagdag lang natin ang dagdag pang mga proofs as support sa Mosaic authorship
The Jewish Talmud refers to the first five books of the Bible as the "Book of Moses." Ang Talmud po ay ang central text ng Rabbinic Judaism. Furthermore, the Mishna and the early Jewish historian Josephus both accepted the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch (Arnold and Beyer, p. 69). Ang mishnah po ay parang commentary ng Torah at si Josephus naman ay isang first century Jewish historian.
Support from Jesus. Jesus divided the Old Testament into three sections in Luke 24:27, 44: Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. Also, in Mark 10:4-8, Jesus quoted Gen. 2:24 as coming from Moses In Mark 7:10, Jesus quoted the Ten Commandments as coming from Moses. "For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'" In Mark 10:3 Jesus refers to Deut. 24:1f as being from Moses -- He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" and in Matt. 8:4 Jesus quoted Lev. 14 as coming from Moses. [5] And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."
Napakalinaw sa salita ng Diyos ang patotoo na si Moises ang may akda ng Pentateuch.
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* "The Torah: Did Moses Write the Torah?," in Christian Research Institute (website); accessed at
http://www.equip.org/perspectives/the-torah-did-moses-write-the-torah/
† This and following data are taken extensively from the copyrighted Christian Research Insitute website. I do not take credit for them.
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