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Q&A In what script did Moses write the Torah (Pentateuch)?

Maybe it was Egyptian. Please hear me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian. Also from...

posted 1mo ago by James McLellan‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by James McLellan‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar James McLellan‭ · 2024-12-24T16:36:41Z (about 1 month ago)
  • Maybe it was Egyptian.
  • Please here me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian.
  • Also from a skills perspective, like Joseph (Genesis 39+), the best off among the slaves he was with - those who were literate and could copy the text - also probably had Egyptian as a first language.
  • Also, the people Moses was traveling with had been in Egypt for generations. From an audience perspective, even if the people spoke early Hebrew as a primary language, most also spoke Egyptian as a secondary language.
  • There are other examples of this in the history of the Bible: the Talmud, written by Hebrews now exiled in Babylon, is written in Aramaic. The New Testament was written by Hebrews (maybe parts) in Aramaic and (definitely) in Greek.
  • Maybe it was Egyptian.
  • Please hear me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian.
  • Also from a skills perspective, like Joseph (Genesis 39+), the best off among the slaves he was with - those who were literate and could copy the text - also probably had Egyptian as a first language.
  • Also, the people Moses was traveling with had been in Egypt for generations. From an audience perspective, even if the people spoke early Hebrew as a primary language, most also spoke Egyptian as a secondary language.
  • There are other examples of this in the history of the Bible: the Talmud, written by Hebrews now exiled in Babylon, is written in Aramaic. The New Testament was written by Hebrews (maybe parts) in Aramaic and (definitely) in Greek.
#2: Post edited by user avatar James McLellan‭ · 2024-12-24T13:08:23Z (about 1 month ago)
  • Maybe it was Egyptian.
  • Please here me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian.
  • Also from a skills perspective, like Joseph (Genesis 39+), the best off among the slaves he was with - those who were literate and could copy the text - also probably had Egyptian as a first language.
  • Also, the people Moses was traveling with had been in Egypt for generations, and had spent their whole lives speaking Egyptian.
  • There are other examples of this in the history of the Bible: the Talmud, written by Hebrews now exiled in Babylon, is written in Aramaic. The New Testament was written by Hebrews (maybe parts) in Aramaic and (definitely) in Greek.
  • Maybe it was Egyptian.
  • Please here me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian.
  • Also from a skills perspective, like Joseph (Genesis 39+), the best off among the slaves he was with - those who were literate and could copy the text - also probably had Egyptian as a first language.
  • Also, the people Moses was traveling with had been in Egypt for generations. From an audience perspective, even if the people spoke early Hebrew as a primary language, most also spoke Egyptian as a secondary language.
  • There are other examples of this in the history of the Bible: the Talmud, written by Hebrews now exiled in Babylon, is written in Aramaic. The New Testament was written by Hebrews (maybe parts) in Aramaic and (definitely) in Greek.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar James McLellan‭ · 2024-12-24T12:53:40Z (about 1 month ago) 
Maybe it was Egyptian.

Please here me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian.

Also from a skills perspective, like Joseph (Genesis 39+), the best off among the slaves he was with - those who were literate and could copy the text - also probably had Egyptian as a first language.

Also, the people Moses was traveling with had been in Egypt for generations, and had spent their whole lives speaking Egyptian.

There are other examples of this in the history of the Bible: the Talmud, written by Hebrews now exiled in Babylon, is written in Aramaic. The New Testament was written by Hebrews (maybe parts) in Aramaic and (definitely) in Greek.