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PENTATEUCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENTATEUCH , the name found as See also:

early as in See also:Tertullian and See also:Origen corresponding to the Jewish rer 'e/nn nvnn (the five-fifths of the Torah, or See also:Law), and applied to the first five books of the Old Testament (See also:Genesis, See also:Exodus, See also:Leviticus, See also:Numbers, See also:Deuteronomy). The several books were named by the See also:Jews from their initial words, though at least Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy had also titles resembling those we use, viz. See also:inn: mm, o.~npen turn (AµµEo- €KwOet t, Origen, in Eus., H. E. vi. 25), and nron See also:plan. The Pentateuch, together with See also:Joshua, See also:Judges and See also:Ruth, with which it is usually See also:united in See also:Greek See also:MSS., makes up the Octateuch; the Pentateuch and Joshua together have recently been named the See also:Hexateuch. On the See also:critical questions arising from the Pentateuch or Hexateuch, see See also:BIBLE and the articles on the several books.

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