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The result of this was that a writer who had had a new revelation was forced to ascribe his account of it to one of the canonical prophets or one of the Pentateuchal patriarchs.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

For example, the recent discovery of the Code of Khammurabi, which contains some remarkable resemblances to the Pentateuchal codes, raises the question of the relation of Hebrew to Babylonian law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Practically, Canon Driver, as a theologian and Hebrew scholar, gives up the physical truth of the Pentateuchal cosmogony altogether.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

His Pentateuchal criticism is limited by the tradition of Mosaic authorship: but even within these limits he achieves much.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

These are only a few of many violations of the Pentateuchal legislation which we find recorded in these books.

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington