How did Moshe know of Bilaam’s prophecies?

My comment:  Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:30:00 AM

How is including parashat bilaam different from including quotes from moabite songs or the sefer milchamot hashem?

במדבר כא:יד עַל-כֵּן, יֵאָמַר, בְּסֵפֶר, מִלְחֲמֹת ה’

במדבר כא: כז על-כן יאמרו המשלים, באו חשבון

What is the basis for the problem of Moshe writing the parasha?

Also, does this issue of the “authorship” of parashat bilaam relate in anyway to the suggestion of including it in kriyat shema?

via parshablog: How did Moshe know of Bilaam’s prophecies?.

Articles on the Archeological Balaam finding at Deir Alla

• Hacket-Balaam 1986 (61)

• Dijkstra Balaam 1995 (64)