Thus,
this theory is one of evolution from a simple, primitive religion in the days
of Moses to the complex system of Judaism in the post-exilic period. Therefore,
it is argued that since the complex system is contained in the Pentateuch,
which Jews and Christians have always believed to be the books of Moses, it
could not have been written until very late in Israel’s history. This view at
once negates the whole idea that God spoke to Moses and gave him a system of
religion based upon a heavenly pattern (cf. Hebrews
8:5; 9:23, 24). But it is contended by these critics
that the facts contained in the Old Testament make it impossible to believe
that Moses could have written the Pentateuch. Easton, for example, introduces
his argument by quoting Jeremiah 7:22, 23: “For
I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought
them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: but
this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your
God, and ye shall be my people.”
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