Hexateuch

American  

[hek-suh-took, -tyook] / ˈhɛk səˌtuk, -ˌtyuk /

noun

1. the first six books of the Old Testament.

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Hexateuch British  

/ ˈhɛksəˌtjuːk /

noun

1. the first six books of the Old Testament

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Other Word Forms

• Hexateuchal adjective

Etymology

Origin of Hexateuch

First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch

Example Sentences

Not long after “P” was completed, probably in the 5th century B.C., the whole, consisting of “JE” and Deuteronomy, was combined with it; and the existing Hexateuch was thus produced.

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 Gladden, Washington

How thoroughly determined they were to use it as their rule we see from the revision of the Hexateuch and of the historical books which was taken in hand during the exile.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Heptateuch, hep′ta-tūk, n. a word sometimes used for the first seven books of the Old Testament—formed on the analogy of Pentateuch and Hexateuch.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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