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
Leviticus 25:9–36, from the first five books of the Old Testament — the Torah in Judaism, Pentateuch in Christianity and Tawrat in Islam — offers perhaps the world's earliest written social justice and welfare document.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2022
For instance, it is now generally conceded that Moses was not the author of the Pentateuch.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
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