Frequently Asked Questions about Biblical Criticism and the origin of the Torah.
An attempt to answer questions that are asked about higher biblical criticism, the documentary theory, and in general about "who wrote the Torah?"
What is the Orthodox view of the Torah?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/whatistheorthodoxjewishviewofthetorahsorigin.msnw
What does the Torah say about its own origin?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/whatdoesthetorahactuallysayaboutitsownorigin.msnw
Why did some Jews questions the Mosaic authorship of the Torah?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/whydidsomejewsquestionthemosaicauthorshipofthetorah.msnw
Have Jews ever denied that Moses wrote the entire Torah?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/haveanyjewseverdeniedthatmoseswrotetheentiretorah.msnw
What is the documentary hypothesis, aka the documentary theory?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/whatisthedocumentarytheory.msnw
What are the J, E, P and D sources?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/whatarejepandd.msnw
Do any Orthodox Jews accept higher biblical criticism of the Torah?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/doanyorthodoxjewsaccepthigherbiblicalcriticismoftorah.msnw
Does Occam's razor favor the documentary theory?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/doesoccamsrazorfavorthedocumentarytheory.msnw
Are the results of this scholarship reliable?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/aretheresultsofcriticalscholarshipreliable.msnw
Show me some examples of what this study reveals!http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/showmesomeexamplesofwhatthedocumentarytheoryreveals.msnw
How does Orthodox Judaism view this?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/howdoesorthodoxjudaismviewthis.msnw
Hoe does Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism view this?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/howdoreformandreconstructionistjewsviewthis.msnw
How does Conservative (Masorti) Judaism, and Traditional Judaism, view this?http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/howdoconservativemasortijewsviewthis.msnw
Footnotes and references
http://communities.msn.com/judaismfaqs/footnotesandreferences.msnw
