A.

16. What is the name for a prevailing scholarly view of the authorship of the Pentateuch?

Moses Theory

b. Documentary Hypothesis

c. Sinaitic Hypothesis

d. Priestly Theory

B. Documentary Hypothesis

Explanation:

Documentary hypothesis: This is one of the models historically used by biblle scholars to explain the origins and composition of the pentateuch (Torah). The pentateuch refers to the first five books of the Bible which includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Documentary hypothesis is of the opinion that the Pentateuch is a compilation of four originally independent documents which are

1. The Jahwist (J)

2. The Elohist (E)

3. The Deuteronomist (D)

4. The Priestly (P) sources.

Jahwist was dated to Solomon period 950 BCE.

Elohist was dated to 9th century BCE.

Deuteronomist was dated to the 7th or 8th century (the period of king Josiah.

Priestly was dated to the 5th century (Ezra period).