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Did Moses Write the Torah, or Pentateuch? – Why It Matters

February 4, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 16 comments

Many modern “scholars” believe the first five books of the Bible, called the Torah, or Pentateuch, written after the exile, that is, after 586 BCE, while the older Jewish and Christian view is that Moses wrote it. Did Moses write the Torah, or Pentateuch? Why does it even matter?

The Torah was originally one scroll when originally written in ancient Hebrew, which had no written vowels. The reader would supply the vowel sounds, and people would listen when it was publicly read by the priests so they could learn the correct pronunciations. Later, in the 3rd century BCE, when the Torah was translated into Greek, which had written vowels, it became necessary to divide the Torah into five parts, which came to be called, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. From this the name Pentateuch was used to describe these five books, which were originally only one scroll in the ancient Hebrew. In any case, the entire Torah, or Pentateuch, is often referred to in the scriptures as, “the Law”, “the Law of Moses”, or sometimes, as just “Moses”. read more

Did Samson Sin With The Prostitute In Gaza?

January 30, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Samson is one of the more famous characters in the Bible, particularly known for his extraordinary acts of strength, and his encounter with Delilah. In one the less prominent events of his life, it is commonly believed by Bible scholars, Christians, and others, that the ancient Israelite judge Samson committed immorality with a harlot in the Philistine city of Gaza, based on the scriptural account in Judges 16:1-3. All one has to do is look at some of the numerous Bible commentaries to see this. Did Samson sin with the prostitute at Gaza? read more

Assyrian Cuneiform Seal Discovered Reveals Judah Tax Bill

January 21, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 5 comments

Assyrian Cuneiform Seal discovered in 2025 “The mouths of liars will be silenced”—Psalm 63:11 NIV Until the 1840’s critics claimed the Bible’s many references to the Assyrians were fictional, because there no external evidence outside of the Bible of an Assyrian kingdom. However, these critics claims were silenced with numerous independent archaeological discoveries supporting the Bible’s record of the Assyrian kingdom. Archaeological discoveries continually uncover artifacts which support the Bible record as being authentic and true. One headline described a recent sensational find this way:

Archaeologists Uncover 2,700-Year-Old Inscription Under the Western Wall on the Temple Mount

THE 2025 DISCOVERY OF THE ASSYRIAN CUNEIFORM SEAL Details of this discovery are quoted here in this article.

Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet Inscribed With an Ominous Royal Threat

Death and taxes have always been inevitable, even in the ancient world.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel.
According to the cuneiform writing on the seal, which was meant to summarize a longer document, the king of Assyria demanded that the king of Judah pay his taxes.
The seal is thought to be from the same time period when Assyria conquered Judah and made it a vassal state required to pay tribute to the Assyrian king.—Popular Mechanics, November 3, 2025 read more

Trinity Doctrine Jokes

January 16, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 9 comments

Since the Trinity doctrine is a joke, and is simply unbiblical nonsense, why don’t we look at some Trinity doctrine jokes.

“The Trinity: Try to Understand It, and You’ll Lose Your Mind. Try to Deny It and You’ll LOSE YOUR SOUL!” (anonymous quote, often attributed to Augustine).

We keep looking for the Trinity God in the scriptures, but we just can’t seem to find him, reminiscent of Elijah making fun of Baal not showing up for the fire contest as to who is the true God:

“‘He’s a god, so maybe he’s busy. ‘Maybe he’s relieving himself. ‘Maybe he’s busy someplace. Maybe he’s taking a nap and somebody needs to wake him up'”—1 Kings 18:27 ISV read more

Will Isaiah 11:6-9 Be Fulfilled Literally or Figuratively?

January 14, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 1 comment

Will Isaiah 11:6-9 be fulfilled literally or figuratively? Since are strong views both ways, let’s look at what the Bible itself reports, and then analyze

“And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a young boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh As the waters cover the sea” (Isaiah 11:6-9 LSB). read more

Children of God, Brothers and Sisters of Christ

January 12, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 1 comment

Trinitarians often refer to Jesus Christ as “God the Son”. According to the scriptures, he is “the Son of God,” but not “God the Son”. Christians are “children of God”, and “brothers and sisters” of Christ (Matthew 25:40; Hebrews 2:11; Matthew 12:50; Mark 3:35; Luke 8:21), but never “children of Christ” in the scriptures. According to the scriptures, Christians are “born of God” ( John 1:13; 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1,4,18), but never “born of Christ”. Christ has “brothers and sisters” (Matthew 25:40; Hebrews 2:11; Matthew 12:50; Mark 3:35; Luke 8:21), but no children. God has “children”, but no brothers (Romans 8:14,15; Galatians 3:26; Revelation 21:6,7). read more

Biblical Truths About God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit

January 1, 2026 BibleAuthenticity Comments 2 comments

WHO IS GOD?

-Jesus himself referred to his “Father” as “the ONLY true God” (John 17:1,3).

“There is . . . one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ONE GOD AND FATHER”—Ephesians 4:4-6 LSB

“For us there is ONLY one God, the Father”—1 Corinthians 8:6 NASB

WHO IS JESUS?

“The true God” has “his Son, Jesus Christ” (1 John 5:20).

“Yahweh” “God Almighty” “has glorified His servant Jesus” (Exodus 3:15; 6:2,3; Acts 3:13 LSB). read more

“Faithful and Wise Servant” Double Flips on 1 Thessalonians 5:3

December 29, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Is the Bible reliable? — Can the Bible be trusted?

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that slave whose master finds him doing so so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions”—Matthew 24:45-47 NIV).

The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe and teach that their leaders are”the faithful and wise servant” (their New World Translation uses the term “the faithful and discreet slave”) that is used by Jesus Christ to “provide spiritual food”, for people “at the proper time”: read more

Why Does The Legacy Standard Bible Use “Yahweh”?

December 15, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

The vast majority of translations of the Bible use “LORD” for God’s name. Why does the Legacy Standard Bible use “Yahweh” instead of the usual “LORD’ for God’s name?

TRADITIONAL VIEW

“‘Yahweh declares, ‘ . . . My people shall know My name'”—Isaiah 52:5,6 LSB

First of all, notice the reasons given for substituting “LORD” for “Yahweh” in the preface to to NRSV:

Careful readers will notice that here and there in the Old Testament the word Lord (or in certain cases God) is printed in capital letters. This represents the traditional manner in English versions of rendering the Divine Name, the “Tetragrammaton” (see the notes on Exodus 3.14, 15), following the precedent of the ancient Greek and Latin translators and the long established practice in the reading of the Hebrew Scriptures in the synagogue. While it is almost if not quite certain that the Name was originally pronounced “Yahweh,” this pronunciation was not indicated when the Masoretes added vowel sounds to the consonantal Hebrew text. To the four consonants YHWH of the Name, which had come to be regarded as too sacred to be pronounced, they attached vowel signs indicating that in its place should be read the Hebrew word Adonai meaning “Lord” (or Elohim meaning “God”). Ancient Greek translators employed the word Kyrios (“Lord”) for the Name. The Vulgate likewise used the Latin word Dominus (“Lord”). The form “Jehovah” is of late medieval origin; it is a combination of the consonants of the Divine Name and the vowels attached to it by the Masoretes but belonging to an entirely different word. Although the American Standard Version (1901) had used “Jehovah” to render the Tetragrammaton (the sound of Y being represented by J and the sound of W by V, as in Latin), for two reasons the Committees that produced the RSV and the NRSV returned to the more familiar usage of the King James Version. (1) The word “Jehovah” does not accurately represent any form of the Name ever used in Hebrew. (2) The use of any proper name for the one and only God, as though there were other gods from whom the true God had to be distinguished, began to be discontinued in Judaism before the Christian era and is inappropriate for the universal faith of the Christian church. read more

Scientists Now Say Humans Used Fire 350,000 Years Earlier

December 12, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Scientists have recently discovered that humans used fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, as the BBC article reports. The Bible, however, reported 3,500 years ago that the earliest humans used fire. If scientists had believed the Bible, they would have already known this, which gives Bible believers quite an advantage over non-believers.

“The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul, The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple” (Psalm 19:7 LSB). ” . . . making the inexperienced wise” (Psalm 19:7 CSB) Secular history of events prior to the global flood of Genesis 6-8, 4,500-5,500 years ago, is non-existent, so the only reliable history of that time is recorded in the Bible, which is one way that ‘Yahweh God makes the inexperienced wise’. The BBC reports on the recent discovery that the earliest humans used fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought: read more