<P> Jewish and Christian tradition viewed Moses as the author of Exodus and the entire Pentateuch , but by the end of the 19th century the increasing awareness of discrepancies , inconsistencies , repetitions and other features of the Pentateuch had led scholars to abandon this idea . In approximate round dates , the process which produced Exodus and the Pentateuch probably began around 600 BCE when existing oral and written traditions were brought together to form books recognisable as those we know , reaching their final form as unchangeable sacred texts around 400 BCE . </P>
<P> Jewish and Christian tradition viewed Moses as the author of Exodus and the entire Pentateuch , but by the end of the 19th century the increasing awareness of discrepancies , inconsistencies , repetitions and other features of the Pentateuch had led scholars to abandon this idea . In approximate round dates , the process which produced Exodus and the Pentateuch probably began around 600 BCE when existing oral and written traditions were brought together to form books recognisable as those we know , reaching their final form as unchangeable sacred texts around 400 BCE . </P>
when was the book of exodus in the bible written
when was the book of exodus in the bible written
600 BCE
600 BCE