Ellen Brown
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The Bible in and of itself is not evidence. The claim of internal evidence is circular unless it can be confirmed by outside evidence. The Pentateuch has not absolutely no evidence for the source of the text or the history.
I have provided evidence and we can go over that again if you like.
Yes, we have been through this before and then as now you have failed to present external evidence concerning the fundamentalist claim of the origin and historicity of the Pentateuch.
I go by the factual external evidence for the history of the Pentateuch.
Secular history gives the origin of the Hebrew language as an evolved variant of Canaanite, , , and the text of Genesis creation and other parts from older Sumerian, Babylonian, Canaanite and cuneiform Ugarit texts.
From: Hebrew language - Wikipedia
"Hebrew (/ˈhiːbruː/; עִבְרִית, Ivrit [ivˈʁit] ( listen) or [ʕivˈɾit] ( listen)) is a Northwest Semitic language native to Israel, the modern version of which is spoken by over 9 million people worldwide.[8] Historically, it is regarded as the language of the Israelites and their ancestors, although the language was not referred to by the name Hebrew in the Tanakh.[note 1] The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrewdate from the 10th century BCE.[9] Hebrew belongs to the West Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Hebrew is the only living Canaanite language left, and the only truly successful example of a revived dead language."
Yes, the earliest Hebrew was a Canaanite-Hebrew script first found about ~800-900 BCE, but absolutely no script that could be identified as written by Hebrews before this.
Papyrus like used in Egypt that he would be familiar with and commonly available. Clay tablets which are commonly used by Sumerians, Canaanites, Ugarits, and Phoenicians, or possible stone Stella, which are common.
Too tired for this.