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Submitted by Richard Faussette on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 23:33

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The Torah is a construct that had to be authored at one time. It contains the establishment of a successful diaspora and the establishment of a nation: the two modes of Judaism in existence today. It is not history. It's an establishment template.
Non-sedentary diaspora life is established by entering Egypt from Canaan.
Sedentary national life is established by entering Canaan from Egypt.
It's a loop.
The Torah template consists of lines 10-12 from the Hymn of Man in the Rig Veda.
Genesis is Man re-membered (Melchizedek) the cosmic sacrifice: the warrior's perfect execution of priestly wisdom (self-sacrifice)
The other 4 books are Man dis-membered.
Exodus establishes the nation's accoutrements: written Law, ark (portable temple)
Leviticus: priestly rules
Numbers: a census for men of military age, then assembling and organizing the warriors and the priests for war (Leviticus and Numbers are Melchi-Zedek, Man dis-membered / Melchi-Zedek)
Deuteronomy: a diversity of pieces, Sudra
The 4 varna of the Vedic hymn

It's a construct. It's not a series of redactions/ edits. It's one literary masterpiece.
I say it's Persian.
In the first creation, man and woman are created as equals, like the primal parents of Zoroastrianism who are created from the hemaphroditic rhubarb plant, but there is a second creation of man and woman which subjugates woman. It was necessary to subjugate woman in order for Abraham to fulfill his part of the covenant, and produce the many children promised by God, so the Biblical author added a second creation to subjugate woman to support the militant pronatalism of the Abrahamic covenant.
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