Hexateuch
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Origin of Hexateuch
First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch
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Two or three further important traces of the final priestly revision of the Hexateuch may here find mention.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
In rough strokes I have sought to place before the reader's view the contrast between the beginning and the end of the tradition of the Hexateuch.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The historical traditions which are incorporated into the Hexateuch were committed to writing at different times and by different hands.
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
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
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