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1. Hexateuch: The Hexateuch ("six scrolls") is the first six books of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah (Pentateuch) and the book of Joshua. The term Hexateuch came into scholarly use from the 1870s onwards mainly as the result of work carried out ... (Religion) [100%] 2023-10-04 [Biblical criticism]
2. Hexateuch: The first six books of the Bible; the Pentateuch taken together with the Book of Joshua as one originally connected work. Two reasons are given for this connection. On the assumption that it was the intention of the historian to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Hexateuch: The term Hexateuch means "six scrolls". The term refers to the first six books of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible, namely Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua. [100%] 2023-02-20 [Old Testament] [Judaism]...
4. Hexateuch: Hexateuch, the name given to the first six books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch and Joshua), to mark the fact that these form one literary whole, describing the early traditional history of the Israelites from the creation of the ... [100%] 2022-09-02
5. Hexateuch: HEXATEUCH hek'-sa-tuk: 1. Evidence for: This word, formed on the analogy of Pentateuch, Heptateuch, etc., is used by modern writers to denote the first six books of the Bible (i.e. the Law and Joshua) collectively. Many critics ... [100%] 1915-01-01