Pentateuch
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Origin of Pentateuch
First recorded in 1375–1425; from Late Latin Pentateuchus, from Late Greek pentáteuchos, from Greek penta- penta- + teûchos “tool, vessel” (in Late Greek: “scroll case book”)
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The Hebrew Bible comprises 24 books divided into three parts: the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Writings.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023
The Hebrew Bible contains 24 separate books organized into three parts — the Pentateuch, the Prophets and the Writings.
From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2023
No mention is made in the first five books of Moses, the Pentateuch, about when this occurs in natural procreation.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
“A Fence Around the Torah,” which opens this week and runs through March 29, features an ancient Pentateuch — a text of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2019
We say so-called Mosaic account, for there are many reasons for doubting, as I have shown, that he wrote the Pentateuch, should his existence be admitted for the sake of argument.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
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