What is the Genesis Tablet Theory?
Genesis Tablet Theory Authors: Ken & Valorie Emilio. In our six-part article discussing the Genesis tablet-theory we will present the following terms and concepts: - Genesis writings parallel the writing-format of ancient Near Eastern tablets. - JEDP Documentary Hypothesis is obsolete. - "Wiseman Hypothesis," Percy & Donald Wiseman, Assyriologist . - R.K. Harrison, Cuneiform & Mesopotamian Historiography. - Colophons & Toledoths (genealogies follow completed texts). - Ancient literary devices in Genesis. - Genesis consists of eye-witness accounts. - 2nd. Millennium B.C. writing-practices found in Genesis. - Moses , author & editor of tablets. Ask an Elder: Q. Do you know who wrote Genesis? In college we were taught the Documentary Hypothesis which suggests that several authors wrote the Torah long after the time of Moses. In fact, the religion department says that Genesis was taken from multiple oral traditions and ancient Near Eastern l