Author:
Moses (
33:2;
Ezra 6:18 , referring to
Num. 3:6-7), the author of the five books of the Law (
Deut. 31:9,
24;
Luke 24:27,
44;
John 1:45;
5:46;
Acts 28:23;
2 Cor. 3:15).
Time of Writing: Approximately 1452 B.C., before the end of Israel's wandering in the wilderness for forty years (
32:13).
Place of Writing: In the plains of Moab by the Jordan River at Jericho (
36:13).
Time Period Covered: Almost thirty-nine years, 1490—1452 B.C., from the second month of the second year after the exodus from Egypt (
1:1) to the tenth month of the fortieth year (
Deut. 1:3).
