2008-07-09T12:23:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/five+fifths/ http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/genesis.php 2008-07-09T12:23:12-05:00 This introduction to the book of Genesis reports on the title, author, outline, and date of writing. Historically, Jews and Christians alike have held that Moses was the author/compiler of the first five books of the OT. These books, known also as the Pentateuch (meaning “five-volumed book”), were referred to in Jewish tradition as the five fifths of the law (of Moses).