Who wrote Genesis and when?

[Vector man]

My New Century Version Bible has these short summaries at the beginning of each book which gives outlines, themes and even the date of which it was written.
So my question is who wrote Genesis and when?
My Bible says that it was written around 1446-1406 B.C.
Now thats odd because when I flip to Exodus it says that it was written in 1445-1440 B.C.
Thats only one year apart from Genesis.
I have to say I am confused.
Also is there another forum that is meant for these sort of questions?

 

[Tim Myers]

My guess would be sometime after the Jewish people returned from their captivity in Babylon......

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Moses wrote it.

 

[St_Worm2]

Moses is the author of Genesis, as well as the other five opening books of the OT (also known as the Torah). This is confirmed by a number of passages in both the OT and the NT.

The Torah was most likely written while Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years between the time they left Egypt and the time they finally entered the Promised Land, somewhere between 1500 and 1400 BC.

--David