It is unlikely that they would have been accepted as fact, if Israel had not witnessed the miracles that were performed. They were accepted because grandparents told their children and their grandchildren what they saw with their own eyes.
The first five books of the Bible which are attributed to Moses repeatedly refer to writing things down. If these things had either not been written as claimed or had been written but Israel had not collective memory of them it is not likely they would have been accepted.
Still not evidence of divine inspiration by Moses.
The evidence of the devine inspiration are the miracles that God did and the prophecies that Moses wrote.
Don't forget the ones of the 20th century!
Busted!!! lol
"I'd have to see the exact phrases of this prophecy before giving it validity. So much of prophecy comes across (to me) as horoscope-like: If you look at something in enough different ways, you can make it appear to be prophetic. See Nostradamus for an example of this. I don't believe in his ramblings, btw. "
Well you can look them up. I gave you the references. Go to www.bible.com and look them up or search on the word captivity.
I think you will find a big difference in the quality of prophecy in the Bible from the likes of Nostradamus. Not only does the Bible have a phenomenal success rate, you can usually make clear since of what the prophecy means. The following pages highlight just some of the many fulfilled prophecies of the Bible.