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               rationalist philosopher,  who  in     quality  in  the  eyes  of  Muslim
               his  book  the  Theological-          scholars;  as  Allameh  Tabatabai
               Political  Treatise  doubts  about    writes in a general summary:
               the  evidence  that  the  Torah  is          This  Torah,  which  is

               attributed  to  Prophet  Moses;              valid  among  the  Jews
               since  he  believes  that  the               today,  its  document  is
               writing  of  the  Torah  must  be            not  related  to  the  time
               years  after  Moses.  (Tawfiqi,              of    Moses     and    its
               2019: 82)                                    document was cut off in
                  Therefore:                                50  years  and  leads  to

                   •  The  present  Torah  is               only one person and he
                      not the book of Moses.                is      Ezra,      whose
                   •  This book was written in              character is unknown to
                      Canaan or Jerusalem, not              us in the first place.
                      in  the  time  of  Moses,         Secondly,  we  do  not  know
                      when      the    Israelites    what  the  quality  of  his
                      dwelt in the wilderness.       information,    accuracy     and

                   •  This  book  was  written       contemplation  was,  thirdly,
                      after  the  reign  of  David   how reliable he was in quoting
                      and  before  the  prophecy     it,  and  fourthly,  where  he  got
                      of Ezekiel; that is, it was    what he collected in the name
                      done about 500 years after     of  Asfār  Torah,  and  what
                      the  death  of  Moses.         document  he  relied  on  to

                      (Zibaeinejad, 2017: 127)
                                                     correct       its      mistakes.
                  It  is  necessary  to  state  that   (Tabatabai, 1997: 3 and 485)
               the  content  of  the  Old
               Testament  is  of  the  same
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