Assignment part 2

In Who Wrote the Bible? Friedman attempts to explain for the lay reader what current scholarship says about the authorship of the Torah or Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). In my opinion, he succeeds admirably. Friedman has a real gift for writing. His treatment of difficult topics is simple without ever being simplistic (Prickett, pp. 51).

Friedman's scholarship is truly top notch. That is evident from his own writings, and it becomes even more evident when his work is compared with that of other researchers in related fields. I recall some media hoopla surrounding The Book of ...