Hexateuch
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noun
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Origin of Hexateuch
First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch
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As a further objection to Graf's hypothesis, the Deuteronomistic revision of the Hexateuch is brought into the field.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
To show the truth of this in the case of the Hexateuch is of course our primary object, but we make our commencement rather with the properly historical books.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
Judges, Samuel and Kings.—The structure of these books is simpler than that of the Hexateuch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
The analysis or the Hexateuch into several distinct original documents is a purely literary question in which no article of faith is involved.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Washington Gladden
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
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