Questioning the Bible (I): Do we really know who wrote the first five books of the Bible

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers and
Deuteronomy


Whether modern Christians want to believe it or not; Moses is given, by the Church, as the author of the first five books of the Bible.
OK! but the bible itself shows evidence that the author could not have been Moses!
1) The style and manner of the text is altogether written in the third person
2) Numbers 12:3 speaks of Moses being the very most Meek above ALL other men. If Moses wrote this don't you find it stupefyingly bumptious? but if it was written as a narration the terminology asserts a writer in awe of his subject by way of a biography of someone held in esteem.
3) Deuteronomy signifies most, of all the five books of Moses, that of a narration. the narrator introduces his subject then makes way for Moses to speak, then, he resumes his narrative giving his own view. After making account of Moses' final words he then takes over his narrative to finalise the book with an account of Moses' death, funeral and finally the analysis of Moses' character.


Deuteronomy 34:5-6; So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
the terminology; " no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day" speaks volumes to the reader, for it tells us that the writer wrote this, many years, after Moses' death, for if it were written the same day or the next day, week or even year, the narrative becomes less impressive, thus there would be no need for it.

The grammatical evidence shows without doubt that Moses was not the author of any of the 5 books attributed to him. so we must conclude that someone else wrote them, some of you have already come to this conclusion, even some Christians ( mainly because they think the OT has no relevance to the teachings of the NT and JC) but the OT is the beginning of the story, it is why the Council of Nicea included it.

So if we deduce that the first five books of the bible were a narrative, biography, of the life of Moses and not a revelation given to Moses, then the Bible itself loses authenticity.
If we conclude ( as some do) that to the books of Moses were added a narrative later; then the bible loses all authenticity.
my last note is this; even if the books of Moses were written by him through a revelation from God, then that revelation would be to him only, for once that revelation was passed by Moses to others it becomes hearsay, thus the character and credulity of the witness becomes the focus of the story. so! if this is true, why would God use such a flawed concept of communication?

There is a plethora of evidence against the Christian and Jewish view that Moses wrote the books attributed to him. I will mention jut one more;
In the book of Genesis Lot is taken prisoner, when word reaches Abraham, he arms his army and marches off to face the captor, pursuing them unto Dan. This as impossible, for the place Dan did not exist during that time.
the town referred to in Genesis as Dan was actually caled Laish! The town is mentioned in the book of Judges chapter 18 verse 27 as being seized upon by the Danites. this siege took place ( according to the bible, Judges) immediately after the death of Sampson, which is thought to have been 1120yrs BCE, and Moses 1451 BCE. thus the writer of the Genesis calls Laish, Dan, 331 yrs before the name change. it then seems that the book of Genesis was written at least 331 yrs after the death of the Moses. but who wrote it? if we do not know author of this biography, then how is it credible to believe him? The answer is of course, it is not!