Hexateuch
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Origin of Hexateuch
First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch
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For some subordinate points in the earlier growth of the opinion at present dominant, see Briggs, The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch, New York, 1893, chap. iv.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
After the exile P was incorporated, and the Hexateuch had assumed practically its present form about the middle of the fifth century B.C.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
Instead of the Ecclesiastical History of the Hexateuch, the Book of Judges forthwith enters upon a secular history completely devoid of all churchly character.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
Addis, Documents of the Hexateuch, ii. pp. 208-213; Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, i. pp. 157-159, 168, Bezold, Bab.-Assyr.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
It is a point on which unanimity has not yet been reached, whether these documents are the Jehovist and Elohist of the Hexateuch; but considering the fact that the older notices in i.-ii.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
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