Hexateuch

The Hexateuch ("six scrolls") is the first six books of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah (Pentateuch) and the book of Joshua.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Overview

The term Hexateuch came into scholarly use from the 1870s onwards mainly as the result of work carried out by Abraham Kuenen and Julius Wellhausen.[1] Following the work of Eichhorn, de Wette, Graf, Kuenen, Nöldeke, Colenso and others, in his Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels Wellhausen proposed that Joshua represented part of the northern Yahwist source (c 950 BC), detached from JE document by the Deuteronomist (c 650-621) and incorporated into the Deuteronomic history, with the books of Judges, Kings, and Samuel.

Reasons for this unity, in addition to the presumed presence of the other documentary traditions, are taken from comparisons of the thematic concerns that underlie the narrative surface of the texts. For instance, the Book of Joshua stresses the continuity of leadership from Moses to Joshua. Furthermore the theme of Joshua, the fulfillment of God's promise to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, complements the thematic material of the Pentateuch, which had ended with the Israelites on the border of the Promised Land ready to enter.

The thesis that Joshua completes the Torah in a "Hexateuch" may be contrasted with the view of scholars following the older rabbinic tradition, expressed by the compilers of the Jewish Encyclopedia (compiled between 1901 and 1906), that the Pentateuch is a complete work in itself.[2] The thesis may also be contrasted with the view put forward by Eduard Meyer (1855–1930) that there never was any Hexateuch per se, but that the Law (that is, the Torah), Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings all together once formed one great historic work.[1]

## See also

* Pentateuch
* Heptateuch: the Hexateuch, plus the Book of Judges
* Octateuch: including the Book of Ruth
* Documentary hypothesis
* Martin Noth
* Old English Hexateuch
* Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schmidt, Nathaniel (1905). "Hexateuch". in Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M.. New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benno Jacob (1904). "The Jewish Encyclopedia". in Isidore Singer. The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://archive.org/details/b29000488_0006/page/378/mode/1up. "But even if there were no objections to either of these contentions, they would not be sufficient to undermine the independence and completeness of the Pentateuch, evident throughout its entire composition, and verified by an uncontradicted tradition which goes back to Biblical times. The Torah has never been connected with the Book of Joshua, and has always constituted the first part of the Bible, in contradistinction to the two other parts.".

## External links

* Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels (1878; 1882) Prolegomena to the History Of Israel. With a reprint of the article Israel from the Encyclopædia Britannica. By Julius Wellhausen, Professor of Oriental Languages in the University of Marburg. Translated from the German, under the author's supervision, by J Sutherland Black, MA, and Allan Menzies, BD (1885). With a preface By Prof. W Robertson Smith. At Project Gutenberg.

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Books of the Bible

Principal
divisions|

| Hebrew Bible/
Old Testament
(protocanon)|

* Genesis
* Exodus
* Leviticus
* Numbers
* Deuteronomy
* Joshua
* Judges
* Ruth
* 1–2 Samuel
* 1–2 Kings
* 1–2 Chronicles
* Ezra
* Nehemiah
* Esther
* Job
* Psalms
* Proverbs
* Ecclesiastes
* Song
* Isaiah
* Jeremiah
* Lamentations
* Ezekiel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi

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Deuterocanon
and Apocrypha|

* Catholic
* Orthodox

* Tobit
* Judith
* Additions to Esther
* 1 Maccabees
* 2 Maccabees
* Wisdom
* Sirach
* Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah
* Additions to Daniel
* Susanna
* Song of the Three Children
* Bel and the Dragon

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Orthodox only|

* 1 Esdras
* 2 Esdras
* Prayer of Manasseh
* Psalm 151
* 3 Maccabees
* 4 Maccabees
* Odes

Tewahedo Orthodox|

* Enoch
* Jubilees
* 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan
* Paralipomena of Baruch
* Broader canon

Syriac|

* Letter of Baruch
* Psalms 152–155

New Testament|

* Matthew
* Mark
* Luke
* John
* Acts
* Romans
* 1 Corinthians
* 2 Corinthians
* Galatians
* Ephesians
* Philippians
* Colossians
* 1 Thessalonians
* 2 Thessalonians
* 1 Timothy
* 2 Timothy
* Titus
* Philemon
* Hebrews
* James
* 1 Peter
* 2 Peter
* 1 John
* 2 John
* 3 John
* Jude
* Revelation

Subdivisions|

* Chapters and verses
* Pentateuch
* Historical books
* Wisdom books
* Prophetic books
* Major prophets
* Minor prophets
* Gospels
* Synoptic
* Epistles
* Pauline
* Johannine
* Pastoral
* Catholic
* Apocalyptic literature

Development|

* Old Testament canon
* New Testament canon
* Antilegomena
* Jewish canon
* Christian canon
* Dating the Bible

Manuscripts|

* Dead Sea Scrolls
* Samaritan Pentateuch
* Septuagint
* Targum
* Diatessaron
* Muratorian fragment
* Peshitta
* Vetus Latina
* Vulgate
* Masoretic Text
* New Testament manuscript categories
* New Testament papyri
* New Testament uncials

See also|

* Biblical canon
* Authorship
* English Bible translations
* Other books referenced in the Bible
* Pseudepigrapha
* list
* New Testament apocrypha
* Studies
* Synod of Hippo
* Textual criticism

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