When was Genesis of the Bible written?

Answer 1

A:The Book of Genesis is traditionally thought to have been written by Moses during the Exodus from Egypt, in the period 1440 to 1400 BCE.

Biblical scholars say that Genesis was actually written in stages by three major sources and at least two redactors. A large part of Genesis was written by an anonymous source now known as the Yahwist, writing around the ninth century BCE. The Yahwist represented the views of the southern kingdom of Judah. Further early material was written by the Elohist, writing in the northern kingdom of Israel prior to 722 BCE. A redactor subsequently combined these accounts, and where the accounts of the Yahwist and the Elohist overlapped, the redactor generally omitted the Elohist material. The Priestly Source wrote additional material in Genesis during the fifth century BCE. Probably in the fourth century BCE, a redactor finalised the Book of Genesis into more or less the form we know today.