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Introduction to the book of Genesis

I. Date and Authorship Holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church, affirmed by the Fathers and the liturgical usage of the Church from the earliest centuries, attributes the Book of Genesis (along with the entire Pentateuch) to the “God-Seer and Prophet Moses.” Moses, inspired by the Holy Spirit, may have composed the book during the wilderness […]