Hexateuch
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Origin of Hexateuch
First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch
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"The Hexateuch," or Six-fold Work, has taken the place in these later discussions of the Pentateuch, or Five-fold Work.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington
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 McFadyen, John Edgar
Two or three further important traces of the final priestly revision of the Hexateuch may here find mention.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
So far as we are able to observe, the final editor of the Hexateuch preserved, like Tatian, most of the material in his older sources, except where a parallel version verbally duplicated another.
From The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Kent, Charles Foster
The final revision of the Hexateuch proceeds from the Priestly Code, as we see from Leviticus xvii. seq.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
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