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| | Dating the Pentateuch |
 | | This "educated guess" sees the time of David or Solomon for the formation of some of the motifs later found in the Pentateuchal narratives, allowing about 200 years before their appearance in statements by Isaiah, Hosea, and Amos. |
 | | It is about 540 years from the Hyksos expulsion (1540 BCE) to the days of David and Solomon, time enough for the account to become "garbled" into the forming Exodus traditions alluded to still later by Isaiah. |
 | | So, in conclusion, I understand that the Pentateuch as we have it, is probably a creation of the 5th centruy BCE, but preserving some Pre-Exilic traditions, alluded to by Isaiah, Hosea and Amos, who in turn must have picked them up from even earlier times, the Davidic/Solomonic era, I suspect. |
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