Did Moses really write the books of Moses?

Authorship of Bible’s first five books has been focus of long debate

A painting inspired by Genesis 39:17, “Potiphar's Wife Displays Joseph’s Garment,” was created by Dutch artist Lucas van Leyden around 1512. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

When we think about how the first five books of the Bible came to be, we might imagine Moses sitting in a tent with pen and papyrus in hand and writing a Hebrew version of what we have …