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 contains 24 separate books organized into three parts — the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Writings.
From Reuters • May 17, 2023
The Hebrew Bible comprises 24 books divided into three parts: the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Writings.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023
At the time of Philo, the Jewish Bible consisted of the five books of Moses, known as the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the later books that make up the Tanakh.
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
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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