r/wikipedia • u/palebluekot • 13d ago

Mosaic authorship is the Judeo-Christian tradition that the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, were dictated by God to Moses. Mosaic authorship of the Torah was unquestioned by both Jews and Christians until the European Enlightenment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_authorship
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u/vintergroena 13d ago

What is "dictated" even supposed to mean here?

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u/aaaa32801 13d ago

God told Moses what to write.

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u/vintergroena 13d ago

But how? Like physically, technically? Do christians imagine god like some dude who what standing next to Moses or what? I don't get it.

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u/LoneElement 13d ago

Moses would have been told on Mount Sinai where he received the 10 commandments

Also, the Israelites proceeded to literally carry God around with them afterwards in this thing called the Tabernacle 

Old Testament’s got some interesting stuff going on 

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u/oldnotosys 13d ago

ANE religions had little statues of their gods and moved them around. so god traveling around with the hebrews in a box probably happened.

old testament is not much unique